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Charles Kay Ogden

1889 - 1957

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Charles Kay Ogden (; 1 June 1889 – 20 March 1957) was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer. Described as a polymath but also an eccentric and outsider, he took part in many ventures related to literature, politics, the arts, and philosophy, having a broad effect particularly as an editor, translator, and activist on behalf of a reformed version of the English language. He is typically defined as a linguistic psychologist, and is now mostly remembered as the inventor and propagator of Basic English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Kay Ogden is the 862nd most popular philosopher (down from 838th in 2019), the 2,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,946th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Charles Kay Ogden ranks 862 out of 1,267. Before him are Yuriy Drohobych, Ervin László, John Major, Metrodorus of Chios, Denis Pétau, and Claude Lefort. After him are Anandamayi Ma, Timon of Athens, Julius Pollux, Myson of Chenae, James Mark Baldwin, and Frederick Copleston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Charles Kay Ogden ranks 122. Before him are Rezső Seress, Luo Yixiu, Ludwig Kübler, Khudiram Bose, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and Abelardo L. Rodríguez. After him are Sewall Wright, Lev Mekhlis, Baba Sali, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Dietrich von Hildebrand, and James Stephenson. Among people deceased in 1957, Charles Kay Ogden ranks 109. Before him are Irving Baxter, Walter Jakobsson, Katie Johnson, Sholem Asch, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and Halil Kut. After him are José Linhares, Grace Coolidge, Kiyoshi Shiga, Maurice McLoughlin, Bertha Krupp, and Marija Jurić Zagorka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Kay Ogden ranks 2,329 out of 8,785. Before him are George Frederic Watts (1817), Sarah Miles (1941), William Kent (1685), Robert Kerr (1755), John Webster (1578), and F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782). After him are Murray Head (1946), David Blunkett (1947), Joan Hickson (1906), Francis Darwin (1848), Rupert Grint (1988), and Bob Anderson (1922).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Charles Kay Ogden ranks 58. Before him are F. H. Bradley (1846), William Paley (1743), Anthony Collins (1676), Philippa Foot (1920), Bernard Williams (1929), and John Major (1467). After him are Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), Martin Lings (1909), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Perry Anderson (1938), and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924).

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