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P. F. Strawson

1919 - 2006

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Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (; 23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006) was an English philosopher who spent most of his career at the University of Oxford. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1968 to 1987. He had previously held the positions of college lecturer and tutorial fellow at University College, Oxford, a college he returned to upon his retirement in 1987, and which provided him with rooms until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. P. F. Strawson is the 691st most popular philosopher (up from 744th in 2019), the 1,754th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, P. F. Strawson ranks 691 out of 1,267. Before him are Pantaenus, Theophan Prokopovich, Antonio Rosmini, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and Mechthild of Magdeburg. After him are Hakuin Ekaku, Hermann von Keyserling, Fulbert of Chartres, Vallabha, C. I. Lewis, and Diodorus Cronus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, P. F. Strawson ranks 93. Before him are Ella Grasso, Frederik Pohl, Marina Ginestà, Joop den Uyl, Ashraf Pahlavi, and Ross Bagdasarian. After him are Artur Fischer, Janko Bobetko, Mario Bunge, Ernst Barkmann, Mad Mike Hoare, and Raymond Smullyan. Among people deceased in 2006, P. F. Strawson ranks 102. Before him are Red Buttons, Elias Hrawi, Walerian Borowczyk, Robert Plutchik, Óscar Míguez, and Tadao Onishi. After him are Peter Boyle, Johannes Willebrands, Jane Jacobs, Pierre Clostermann, Anna Moffo, and June Allyson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, P. F. Strawson ranks 1,754 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken Russell (1927), Elsa Lanchester (1902), Michael Ventris (1922), Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), and George Meredith (1828). After him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Roger Fenton (1819), James Bruce (1730), and Donald Crisp (1882).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, P. F. Strawson ranks 47. Before him are Alexander of Hales (1175), Antony Flew (1923), Olaf Stapledon (1886), N. T. Wright (1948), Michael Dummett (1925), and Richard of Saint Victor (1110). After him are Henry More (1614), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Mark Fisher (1968), Robert Filmer (1588), F. H. Bradley (1846), and William Paley (1743).

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