PHILOSOPHER

Samuel Alexander

1859 - 1938

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Samuel Alexander (6 January 1859 – 13 September 1938) was an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college. He is now best known as an advocate of emergentism in biology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Alexander is the 972nd most popular philosopher (down from 942nd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Australia (down from 109th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Samuel Alexander ranks 972 out of 1,267Before him are Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Phaenias of Eresus, Paul Janet, Musaeus of Athens, Ernst von Glasersfeld, and Daniel Bensaïd. After him are Antoine Berman, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Lacydes of Cyrene, Olavo de Carvalho, and Sosipatra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Samuel Alexander ranks 83Before him are Kostis Palamas, Louis Majorelle, Kosta Khetagurov, Virginie Demont-Breton, Georgios Orphanidis, and Karl Muck. After him are Belle Gunness, Nikolay Gamaleya, Julius Klengel, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Nathaniel Lord Britton, and Christian von Ehrenfels. Among people deceased in 1938, Samuel Alexander ranks 133Before him are Aleksander Kakowski, Joseph Strauss, Tang Shaoyi, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Agvan Dorzhiev, and Georges Urbain. After him are Jānis Rudzutaks, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Gazanfar Musabekov, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, and Matilda Howell.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Samuel Alexander ranks 128 out of 1,143Before him are Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), Baz Luhrmann (1962), Ron Clarke (1937), John Farrow (1904), Jacki Weaver (1947), and Mervyn Rose (1930). After him are James Aldridge (1918), Al Lawrence (1930), Richard Norton (1950), Christopher Doyle (1952), Chris O'Neil (1956), and John Flanagan (1944).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Australia

Among philosophers born in Australia, Samuel Alexander ranks 2Before him are Peter Singer (1946). After him are J. L. Mackie (1917), David Chalmers (1966), John Finnis (1940), and David Malet Armstrong (1926).