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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

1678 - 1751

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Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751) was a British Tory politician and philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views and opposition to theology. Bolingbroke supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, which sought to overthrow the new king George I. Escaping to France, he became foreign minister for the Jacobite pretender James Francis Edward Stuart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke is the 1,043rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,010th in 2019), the 3,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,655th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ranks 1,043 out of 1,267. Before him are Friedrich Paulsen, Justus Möser, Ada Adler, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Michel Onfray, and Thrasyllus of Mendes. After him are Seyla Benhabib, Persaeus, Alfonso Reyes, David of Dinant, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, and Joseph Raz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1678, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ranks 13. Before him are Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Peter Lacy, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, and Jakob Hermann. After him is Abraham Darby I. Among people deceased in 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ranks 22. Before him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Robert Maynard, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, János Pálffy, and John Machin. After him are Henri François d'Aguesseau, George Graham, and Benjamin Robins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ranks 3,144 out of 8,785. Before him are Damian Lewis (1971), Richard Hooker (1554), Jason Flemyng (1966), Roger Norrington (1934), Angus Ogilvy (1928), and Banastre Tarleton (1754). After him are Douglas Bader (1910), Julian Bream (1933), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), Gwendoline Christie (1978), and Nick Hornby (1957).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ranks 71. Before him are Thomas Arnold (1795), Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), Samuel Clarke (1675), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and R. M. Hare (1919). After him are Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Carole Pateman (1940), John Scott Haldane (1860), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), John Hick (1922), and W. D. Ross (1877).

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