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G. A. Cohen

1941 - 2009

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Gerald Allan Cohen ( KOH-ən; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford. He was known for his work on Marxism, and later, egalitarianism and distributive justice in normative political philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. A. Cohen is the 590th most popular philosopher (up from 1,093rd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 310th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, G. A. Cohen ranks 590 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Baydawi, Gaetano Mosca, Chaïm Perelman, John Austin, Yang Zhu, and Zaleucus. After him are Tom Regan, Jean Hyppolite, Werner Jaeger, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, and Byung-Chul Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, G. A. Cohen ranks 144. Before him are Stacy Keach, Senta Berger, Suzanne Mubarak, Goh Chok Tong, Barbara Brylska, and ʻAkilisi Pōhiva. After him are Dan Shechtman, David Hemmings, Robert Wilson, Abdiqasim Salad, Renato Corsetti, and Otto Sander. Among people deceased in 2009, G. A. Cohen ranks 71. Before him are Ingemar Johansson, Jack Kemp, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Samak Sundaravej, Ricardo Montalbán, and Luís Cabral. After him are Feroz Khan, Achille Compagnoni, Irving Penn, Pat Hingle, Ryuzo Hiraki, and John Hughes.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, G. A. Cohen ranks 103 out of 1,622. Before him are Gordie Howe (1928), Shannon Tweed (1957), Lois Maxwell (1927), James Craig Watson (1838), Mike Myers (1963), and Denis Villeneuve (1967). After him are Louis Slotin (1910), Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), James Randi (1928), Michael Ironside (1950), Simon Newcomb (1835), and Yvonne De Carlo (1922).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, G. A. Cohen ranks 3. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), and Charles Taylor (1931). After him are Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), Patricia Churchland (1943), Northrop Frye (1912), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Paul Churchland (1942), Will Kymlicka (1962), and Leonard Peikoff (1933).

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