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Michael Oakeshott

1901 - 1990

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Michael Joseph Oakeshott (11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher. He is known for his contributions to the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Oakeshott is the 1,027th most popular philosopher (up from 1,064th in 2019), the 3,064th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,976th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Oakeshott ranks 1,027 out of 1,267. Before him are Simón Rodríguez, Lysander Spooner, Gabriel Biel, Anselm of Laon, Ivan Aksakov, and Arulenus Rusticus. After him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Joachim Camerarius, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, R. M. Hare, Abdolkarim Soroush, and Rémi Brague.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Michael Oakeshott ranks 192. Before him are Claude Aveline, Karl Arnold, Sekiryo Kaneda, Peter van de Kamp, Grete Hermann, and Jan de Quay. After him are Erich Ollenhauer, Vilma Bánky, Florence Green, Jean Mermoz, Willy Fritsch, and Konstantinos Kollias. Among people deceased in 1990, Michael Oakeshott ranks 159. Before him are Merab Mamardashvili, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Aleksandra Chudina, Armand Hammer, A. J. P. Taylor, and Joel McCrea. After him are René David, Gerhard Schrader, James M. Gavin, Dodo Abashidze, Anne Revere, and Halston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 3,065 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Eccleston (1964), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), James Francis Stephens (1792), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Kelly Brook (1979), and Hugh Clapperton (1788). After him are Charles Gray (1928), Douglas Hartree (1897), Freddie Jones (1927), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), and John Lennard-Jones (1894).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 69. Before him are Perry Anderson (1938), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Thomas Arnold (1795), Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), and Samuel Clarke (1675). After him are R. M. Hare (1919), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659), Carole Pateman (1940), John Scott Haldane (1860), and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788).

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