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{{Infobox person
| name = David Pinsent
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| birth_name = David Hume Pinsent
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1891|05|24}}
| birth_place =[[Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1918|05|08|1891|05|24}}
| death_place =
| death_cause = [[Plane Crash]]crash
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| education =[[Trinity College, Cambridge]] ([[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|First-class Honours]], [[Mathematics]])
| occupation = [[Test pilot|Test Pilot]] at [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]]
| family = [[David Hume]]
}}
'''David Hume Pinsent''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|n|ˌ|s|ɛ|n|t}}; 24 May 1891 – 8 May 1918)<ref name=Loners/> was a friend, collaborator and platonican [[Ludwig Wittgenstein#Sexual orientation and relationship with David Pinsent | alleged lover]] of the Austrian philosopher [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius|last=Monk |first=Ray |year=1990 |publisher=Free Press|isbn=978-1-4481-1267-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETsNAQAAMAAJ |pages=583–586 }}</ref> Wittgenstein's ''[[Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]]'' (1922) is dedicated to Pinsent's memory.<ref>{{cite book |title=Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century |last=Galison |first=Peter Louis |author2=Roland, Alex |year=2000 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-7923-6037-0 |url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=JrhexWahPIgC&pg=PA360&dqq=%22David+Pinsent%22&numpg=100&as_brr=3&sig=L9fHtgOuGekoIZEXkxrAiU004fAPA360 |page=360 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Clear and Queer Thinking |last=Goldstein |first=Laurence |year=1999 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=0-8476-9546-8 |url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=EvHPNoKvmf0C&pg=PA179&dqq=%22David+Pinsent%22&numpg=100&as_brr=3&sig=s7x5-I_YjHi8QgWqSFLPSyMq7u8PA179 |page=179 }}</ref> ▼
[[File:David Pinsent.jpg|thumb|Pinsent sitting with signature below]]▼
▲'''David Hume Pinsent''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|n|ˌ|s|ɛ|n|t}}; 24 May 1891 – 8 May 1918)<ref name=Loners/> was a friend, collaborator and platonic lover of the Austrian philosopher [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]. Wittgenstein's ''[[Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]]'' (1922) is dedicated to Pinsent's memory.<ref>{{cite book |title=Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century |last=Galison |first=Peter Louis |author2=Roland, Alex |year=2000 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-7923-6037-0 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JrhexWahPIgC&pg=PA360&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=L9fHtgOuGekoIZEXkxrAiU004fA |page=360 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Clear and Queer Thinking |last=Goldstein |first=Laurence |year=1999 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=0-8476-9546-8 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EvHPNoKvmf0C&pg=PA179&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=s7x5-I_YjHi8QgWqSFLPSyMq7u8 |page=179 }}</ref>
 
==BiographyEarly life==
▲[[File:David Pinsent.jpg|thumb|Pinsent sitting with signature below|left|262x262px]]
Pinsent, a descendant of the philosopher [[David Hume]]'s brother, John Hume, was born in [[Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]]. He gained a first-class honours degree in mathematics at Cambridge University, where he was described by [[George Paget Thomson|George Thomson]], future master of [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]] as "the most brilliant man of my year, among the most brilliant I have ever met.".<ref>{{cite book |title=Wittgenstein's Lasting Significance |last=Kölbel |first=Max |year=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-30517-9 |url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=2kccxpggLeUC&pg=PT164&dqq=%22David+Pinsent%22&numpg=100&as_brr=3&sig=WJyoQr-JrHM45c6v8oAHa_xMou8PT164 |page=150}}</ref> Pinsent then studied law.<ref name=Loners/>
 
==Career==
He met Wittgenstein, who was two years older than he, when he was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912.<ref name="Loners">
He met Wittgenstein, two years older, as an undergraduate at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1912.<ref name="Loners">''Loners: The Life Path of Unusual Children'' [[Sula Wolff]], 1995, p. 161, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ltbeu-XY6YgC&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22+born&pg=RA1-PA161 Books-Google-161].
''Loners: The Life Path of Unusual Children'',
</ref> He acted as Wittgenstein's subject in psychological experiments on rhythm in speech and music, and he struck up a rapport, based on shared interests in music and mathematics.<ref name=Loners/> ThisThat led to holidays together, including trips to Iceland and Norway, which Wittgenstein paid for.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |title=Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge |accessdate=2008-02-28 |work=Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222025841/http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk:80/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |archivedate=2008-02-22 |df= }}</ref> His diary (1912–1914) mentions his times and travels with Wittgenstein.▼
[[Sula Wolff]], 1995, page 161 of 192 pages, [[Google Books]] link:
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ltbeu-XY6YgC&pg=RA1-PA161&lpg=RA1-PA161&dq=%22David+Pinsent%22+born&source=web&ots=jOr7gUXqZJ&sig=M-Zw-BOz6KyDMffSYYnKT9rQ0xk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Books-Google-161].
▲</ref> He acted as Wittgenstein's subject in psychological experiments on rhythm in speech and music, and struck up a rapport based on shared interests in music and mathematics.<ref name=Loners/> This led to holidays together, including trips to Iceland and Norway, which Wittgenstein paid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |title=Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge |accessdate=2008-02-28 |work=Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222025841/http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk:80/cgi-bin/text/biogre3.html |archivedate=2008-02-22 |df= }}</ref> His diary (1912–1914) mentions his times and travels with Wittgenstein.
 
==First World War==
During the [[First World War I]], Pinsent was deemed unsuitable for active military service. He trained as a test pilot instead, and worked at the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] in [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]], where he was killed in a flying accident in May 1918.<ref name="Loners" /> His body was found in the [[Basingstoke Canal]] a week after the accident.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=18 May 1918 |page=3 |issue=41793 |column= }}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20120815202457/http://headington.org.uk/oxon/sunningwell/05_pinsent_david.html Sunningwell War Memorial] — Brief biography of David Hume Pinsent
* [http://www.wittgensteinchronology.com/6.html Wittgenstein Chronology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926082249/http://wittgensteinchronology.com/6.html |date=2020-09-26 }} - Chronology of Ludwig Wittgenstein's life, with summaries of Pinsent's diary entries for the times they spent together.
 
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