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PHILOSOPHER

John Peckham

1227 - 1292

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John Peckham (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) was a Franciscan friar and Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279–1292. Peckham studied at the University of Paris under Bonaventure, where he later taught theology and became known as a conservative opponent of Thomas Aquinas, especially regarding the nature of the soul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Peckham has received more than 116,967 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Peckham is the 1,012th most popular philosopher (down from 938th in 2019), the 2,998th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,599th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Peckham ranks 1,012 out of 1,081Before him are Ivan Aksakov, Yun Hyu, Alois Riehl, Sosipatra, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and Hicetas. After him are John Scott Haldane, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Allan Bloom, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Northrop Frye, and Hubert Dreyfus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1227, John Peckham ranks 6Before him are Pope Nicholas IV, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Gurju Khatun, and Chabi.  Among people deceased in 1292, John Peckham ranks 7Before him are Roger Bacon, Pope Nicholas IV, Kinga of Poland, Abraham Abulafia, Thibaud Gaudin, and Guiraut Riquier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Peckham ranks 2,998 out of 7,765Before him are Quentin Crisp (1908), William Smith (1790), Andrew Latimer (1949), Thomas Gage (1719), Thomas Nashe (1567), and Sarah Siddons (1755). After him are William Wilson (1844), John Scott Haldane (1860), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Roger Rees (1944), Glyn Johns (1942), and Frederick William Beechey (1796).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Peckham ranks 67Before him are Richard Swinburne (1934), Carole Pateman (1940), Anna Kingsford (1846), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Martin Lings (1909), and Hector Boece (1465). After him are John Scott Haldane (1860), Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), John Major (1467), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Richard Price (1723).