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George Henry Lewes

1817 - 1878

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George Henry Lewes ( ; 18 April 1817 – 30 November 1878) was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a "witty, French, flippant sort of man". He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Henry Lewes is the 1,209th most popular philosopher (up from 1,214th in 2019), the 4,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,686th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among philosophers, George Henry Lewes ranks 1,209 out of 1,267. Before him are David Benatar, Sara Danius, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Michael Novak, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, and Alister McGrath. After him are R. C. Sproul, Paul Kurtz, Yuval Steinitz, Mary Midgley, Alexander Tarasov, and David Ray Griffin.

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Among people born in 1817, George Henry Lewes ranks 84. Before him are Richard S. Ewell, Alfred Francis Russell, Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Palladius, and George Holyoake. After him are Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Lewis Armistead, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1878, George Henry Lewes ranks 71. Before him are Manuel Pardo, Palladius, George Back, William Cullen Bryant, José Amador de los Ríos, and Francisco Linares Alcántara. After him are Bayard Taylor, Charles Magill Conrad, Benjamin Bonneville, and Gideon Welles.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Henry Lewes ranks 4,849 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Avory (1944), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Goodall (1863), Alistair Overeem (1980), and William Duesbury (1725). After him are Eddie Thomson (1947), Isaac Pitman (1813), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Michael Foot (1913), Alan Hansen (1955), and Grey Owl (1888).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, George Henry Lewes ranks 89. Before him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Richard Price (1723), Hector Boece (1465), John Peckham (1227), and Alister McGrath (1953). After him are Mary Midgley (1919), Simon Blackburn (1944), C. H. Dodd (1884), William Ames (1576), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Susan Haack (1945).

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