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Damaris Cudworth Masham

1659 - 1708

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Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham (18 January 1659 – 20 April 1708) was an English writer, philosopher, theologian, and advocate for women's education who is often characterized as a proto-feminist. She overcame some weakness of eyesight and lack of access to formal higher education to win high regard among eminent thinkers of her time. With an extensive correspondence, she published two works, A Discourse Concerning the Love of God (1696) and Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (1705). She is particularly noted for her long, mutually-influential friendship with the philosopher John Locke. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Damaris Cudworth Masham is the 1,073rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 3,370th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,869th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 1,073 out of 1,267. Before her are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Robert Spaemann, Jacob Taubes, William Thompson, Ioane Petritsi, and Mary Daly. After her are Anandavardhana, Rambhadracharya, Mario Perniola, Martin Chemnitz, Carole Pateman, and Immanuel Hermann Fichte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 14. Before her are Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Pieter van der Aa, Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Domenico Gabrielli. After her are Sophia Elisabet Brenner, William Sherard, and David Gregory. Among people deceased in 1708, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 20. Before her are Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Nikolai Spathari, and François de Laval. After her is David Gregory.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 3,371 out of 8,785. Before her are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Gladys Cooper (1888), George Graham (1673), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Martin Barre (1946), and George Eastham (1936). After her are Michael Ball (1962), Philip Reeve (1966), Ken Green (1924), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Charles Crichton (1910), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 72. Before her are Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), Samuel Clarke (1675), Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678). After her are Carole Pateman (1940), John Scott Haldane (1860), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), John Hick (1922), W. D. Ross (1877), and Michael Ruse (1940).

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