Nkọwa: A mụrụ Alfred North Whitehead na Ramsgate, Kent, England, na 1861. Nna ya, Alfred Whitehead, bụ onye ozi na onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ nke Chatham House Academy, ụlọ akwụkwọ maka ụmụ nwoke nke Thomas Whitehead, nna nna Alfred North guzobere. Whitehead n'onwe ya chetara ha abụọ dịka ụlọ akwụkwọ na-aga nke ọma, mana na nna nna ya bụ nwoke pụrụ iche. Nne Whitehead bụ Maria Sarah Whitehead, nke a na-akpọbu Maria Sarah Buckmaster. O doro anya na Whitehead na nne ya adịghị enwe mmekọrịta chiri anya, ebe ọ na-ekwughị banyere ya n'akwụkwọ ya ọ bụla, ma enwere ihe akaebe na nwunye Whitehead, Evelyn, nwere echiche dị ala banyere ya. A zụrụ Whitehead na Sherborne School, Dorset, otu n'ime ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na eze kachasị mma na mba ahụ. A kọwara nwata ya dị ka onye a na-echebe, ma mgbe a mụrụ ya na ụlọ akwụkwọ na-eme nke ọma na mgbakọ na mwepụ na isi nke klas ya, ọ bụ onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ.
Afọ 1861