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Anthony Collins

1676 - 1729

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Anthony Collins (21 June 1676 O.S. – 13 December 1729 O.S.) was an English philosopher and essayist, notable for being one of the early proponents of Deism in Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Collins is the 783rd most popular philosopher (up from 1,163rd in 2019), the 2,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,783rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anthony Collins ranks 783 out of 1,267. Before him are Michel Henry, William Heard Kilpatrick, Athenodorus Cananites, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, and Nasr Abu Zayd. After him are Symon Budny, Lubna of Córdoba, Abhinavagupta, Theodor Lipps, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Domingo de Soto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Anthony Collins ranks 16. Before him are Jacopo Riccati, Leonard of Port Maurice, Michael II Apafi, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, and Stanisław Poniatowski. After him are Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Maria Clara Eimmart, and Boris Kurakin. Among people deceased in 1729, Anthony Collins ranks 12. Before him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Johann David Heinichen. After him are Louis Antoine de Noailles, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, William Congreve, Torii Kiyonobu I, Giacomo F. Maraldi, and Samuel Clarke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Collins ranks 2,033 out of 8,785. Before him are W. Ross Ashby (1903), Mark Sykes (1879), John Taverner (1490), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Hannah (1962), and Mary Ward (1585). After him are Anthony Quayle (1913), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), John Marston (1576), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Ian Callaghan (1942), and Edward Fortunatus (1565).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Collins ranks 54. Before him are Henry More (1614), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Mark Fisher (1968), Robert Filmer (1588), F. H. Bradley (1846), and William Paley (1743). After him are Philippa Foot (1920), Bernard Williams (1929), John Major (1467), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), and Raymond Williams (1921).

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