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Damaris Cudworth Masham

1659 - 1708

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Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham (18 January 1659 – 20 April 1708) was an English writer, philosopher, theologian, and advocate for women's education who is often characterized as a proto-feminist. She overcame some weakness of eyesight and lack of access to formal higher education to win high regard among eminent thinkers of her time. With an extensive correspondence, she published two works, A Discourse Concerning the Love of God (1696) and Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (1705). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damaris Cudworth Masham has received more than 71,059 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Damaris Cudworth Masham is the 1,044th most popular philosopher, the 2,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 67th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 1,044 out of 1,267. Before her are Wilhelm Gesenius, Carl Dahlhaus, Theodor Benfey, Thrasyllus of Mendes, R. M. Hare, and Phaenias of Eresus. After her are Aesara, Hermann Gunkel, Keshub Chandra Sen, Justus Möser, Samuel ibn Tibbon, and Rémi Brague.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 14. Before her are Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Domenico Gabrielli. After her are David Gregory, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and William Sherard. Among people deceased in 1708, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 19. Before her are Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Anne Jules de Noailles, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Nikolai Spathari, and François de Laval. After her are Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and David Gregory.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 2,869 out of 8,785. Before her are Tom Ellis (1978), Alexander Neckam (1157), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Paul Kennedy (1945), James David Forbes (1809), and Mary Norton (1903). After her are Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Cara Delevingne (1992), Jenson Button (1980), Peter Pears (1910), Billy Bremner (1942), and Brian Ferneyhough (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Damaris Cudworth Masham ranks 67. Before her are Anna Kingsford (1846), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), John Hick (1922), and R. M. Hare (1919). After her are Michael Oakeshott (1901), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Carole Pateman (1940), Walter Burley (1275), W. D. Ross (1877), and Hector Boece (1465).

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