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Which British honors did Alfred North Whitehead receive late in his life?
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Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, c. 1925.
Late in his life, the British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead received the Order of Merit in 1945. Additionally, he was elected to the British Academy in 1931.1