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Richard Swinburne

1934 - Today

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Richard Granville Swinburne (; born 26 December 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years, Swinburne has been a proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. His philosophical contributions are primarily in the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Swinburne is the 1,006th most popular philosopher (down from 939th in 2019), the 2,963rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,344th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Swinburne ranks 1,006 out of 1,267. Before him are Jaime Balmes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, Ernst Tugendhat, and Thomas Arnold. After him are Critolaus, Zhang Binglin, Gregory of Tatev, Anna Kingsford, Karl Groos, and Hermann Usener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Swinburne ranks 270. Before him are Pierre Barouh, Hot Rod Hundley, Russ Tamblyn, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Alois Mock. After him are Akira Takarada, Michael Graves, Miroslav Ondříček, Marilyn Horne, Seraphim Rose, and Sven Wollter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Swinburne ranks 2,964 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Hope (1863), John Florio (1553), William Astbury (1898), Rita Tushingham (1942), Thomas Arnold (1795), and James B. Francis (1815). After him are Stafford Beer (1926), Phyllida Law (1932), Ernest Marsden (1889), Carl Cox (1962), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), and Lulu (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Richard Swinburne ranks 66. Before him are Raymond Williams (1921), Martin Lings (1909), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Perry Anderson (1938), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), and Thomas Arnold (1795). After him are Anna Kingsford (1846), Samuel Clarke (1675), Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), and Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659).

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