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Thomas Arnold

1795 - 1842

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Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools. His reforms redefined standards of masculinity and achievement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Arnold is the 1,005th most popular philosopher (down from 997th in 2019), the 2,962nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,616th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Arnold ranks 1,005 out of 1,267. Before him are Ram Dass, Jaime Balmes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, and Ernst Tugendhat. After him are Richard Swinburne, Critolaus, Zhang Binglin, Gregory of Tatev, Anna Kingsford, and Karl Groos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Thomas Arnold ranks 47. Before him are Joseph Böhm, Peter Jan Beckx, Arthur Morin, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Bernt Michael Holmboe, and Charles Barry. After him are Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, José Gregorio Monagas, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Luis José de Orbegoso, Nikolaos Mantzaros, and José María Obando. Among people deceased in 1842, Thomas Arnold ranks 31. Before him are Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Letitia Christian Tyler, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, Pierre Baillot, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and James Ivory. After him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Leona Vicario, Aleksey Koltsov, Wilhelm Gesenius, and Henry Shrapnel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arnold ranks 2,963 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), Anthony Hope (1863), John Florio (1553), William Astbury (1898), and Rita Tushingham (1942). After him are James B. Francis (1815), Richard Swinburne (1934), Stafford Beer (1926), Phyllida Law (1932), Ernest Marsden (1889), and Carl Cox (1962).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arnold ranks 65. Before him are Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), Martin Lings (1909), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Perry Anderson (1938), and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924). After him are Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), Samuel Clarke (1675), Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678).

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