Alfred North Whitehead OM FRS (15 February 1861 - 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy,[16] which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas. | Classic American Philosophers by Max Fisch, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters