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PHILOSOPHER

James Burnham

1905 - 1987

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James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy; his first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931). Burnham became a prominent Trotskyist activist in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Burnham has received more than 526,156 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Burnham is the 1,100th most popular philosopher, the 7,587th most popular biography from United States and the 63rd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, James Burnham ranks 1,100 out of 1,081Before him are John Gray, Albert Razin, W. D. Ross, Michael Ruse, Leila Ahmed, and William Chittick. After him are Ralph Cudworth, Pritilata Waddedar, Walter Burley, William Alston, Michael Hardt, and Stanley Jaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, James Burnham ranks 280Before him are Baltasar Albéniz, Hans Scherfig, Erich Borchmeyer, Gösta Dunker, Juan Hilario Marrero, and Roberto Cortés. After him are Sergey Nikolsky, Erzsébet Schaár, Louis Armand, Pierre Jaccoud, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, and Robert Newton. Among people deceased in 1987, James Burnham ranks 196Before him are Elizabeth Cotten, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Alphonse Alley, John Qualen, William J. Casey, and Valentín Paz-Andrade. After him are Ted Moore, Richard Egan, Carlo Cassola, Wolfgang Seidel, Alexander Wood, and Leabua Jonathan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Burnham ranks 7,587 out of 18,182Before him are Mary Ford (1924), Clive Davis (1932), Roger Clemens (1962), Marsden Hartley (1877), Fisher Stevens (1963), and Jo Jo White (1946). After him are Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Mike Mills (1958), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Tom Heinsohn (1934), William M. Evarts (1818), and Maurice Greene (1974).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, James Burnham ranks 63Before him are Josiah Royce (1855), David Ray Griffin (1939), Gary L. Francione (1954), Pat Robertson (1930), Paul Kurtz (1925), and William Chittick (1943). After him are William Alston (1921), Michael Hardt (1960), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Ryan White (1971), and Mary Whiton Calkins (1863).