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Joseph Butler

1692 - 1752

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Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 O.S. – 16 June 1752 O.S.) was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). His principal works are the Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel (1726) and The Analogy of Religion (1736). He is known for critiques of Deism, Thomas Hobbes's egoism, and John Locke's theory of personal identity. The many philosophers and religious thinkers Butler influenced included David Hume, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith, Henry Sidgwick, John Henry Newman, and C. D. Broad, and is widely seen as "one of the pre-eminent English moralists." He played a major, if underestimated role in developing 18th-century economic discourse, influencing political economist Josiah Tucker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Butler is the 2,056th most popular religious figure (down from 1,813th in 2019), the 2,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,066th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph Butler ranks 2,056 out of 3,187. Before him are Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Jan Łaski, Guido Marini, James of Portugal, Peter Doi, and Saint Telemachus. After him are Audomar, Abu Dujana, Filipe Neri Ferrão, Agnes Baden-Powell, Elia Dalla Costa, and Alfred Delp.

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Among people born in 1692, Joseph Butler ranks 12. Before him are Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Alessandro Albani, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, and James Stirling. After him are Dolly Pentreath, and Filippo Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1752, Joseph Butler ranks 11. Before him are Antonio Corradini, Giulio Alberoni, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Jean François de Troy, and Jacopo Amigoni. After him are Pietro Grimani, William Whiston, Charles-Antoine Coypel, and Daniel Marot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Butler ranks 2,437 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Box (1947), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Stanley Myers (1930), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Jamie Vardy (1987), and Penelope Wilton (1946). After him are John Baskerville (1706), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), George Romney (1734), Frank Dicksee (1853), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), and Ronnie Biggs (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Joseph Butler ranks 64. Before him are William Allen (1532), Stephen Langton (1150), Thomas Byles (1870), Carlo Acutis (1991), Cuthbert (635), and Richard of Chichester (1197). After him are Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Benedict Biscop (628), Roger Deakins (1949), Charles Wesley (1707), Jonathan Sacks (1948), and Willehad (735).

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