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John Gray

1948 - Today

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John Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy, the history of ideas, and philosophical pessimism. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Gray contributes regularly to The Guardian, UnHerd, The Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman, where he is the lead book reviewer. He is an atheist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Gray is the 487th most popular philosopher (up from 1,216th in 2019), the 1,122nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,751st in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Gray ranks 487 out of 1,267. Before him are Michel de Certeau, Ernest Gellner, Leo Strauss, Pierre Duhem, Ronald Dworkin, and Dicaearchus. After him are Zengzi, Ernst Troeltsch, Yi I, Zhang Daoling, Priscian, and Petrus Ramus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John Gray ranks 105. Before him are Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Kukuczka, Mahesh Bhatt, Michel Suleiman, Stevie Nicks, and Alia Al-Hussein. After him are Nathalie Baye, Akira Yoshino, Randy Schekman, Krešimir Ćosić, James Ellroy, and Mischa Maisky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gray ranks 1,122 out of 8,785. Before him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John William Polidori (1795), James Oglethorpe (1696), Melanie C (1974), Roy Harper (1941), and Mike Newell (1942). After him are Dave Mackay (1934), George Gilbert Scott (1811), William Carey (1761), John Tenniel (1820), Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), and George Vancouver (1757).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Gray ranks 30. Before him are Thomas Hill Green (1836), Francis Hutcheson (1694), John of Salisbury (1110), Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), and H. L. A. Hart (1907). After him are Adam Ferguson (1723), A. J. Ayer (1910), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Paul Grice (1913), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), and Alan Watts (1915).

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