1925 - 2011
Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He was, until 1992, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. He wrote on the history of analytic philosophy, notably as an interpreter of Frege, and made original contributions particularly in the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and their implications to debates between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped to popularize. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Dummett has received more than 345,027 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Michael Dummett is the 842nd most popular philosopher (down from 805th in 2019), the 2,046th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,935th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Michael Dummett ranks 842 out of 1,081. Before him are Syrianus, Albinus, Menedemus, Józef Maria Bocheński, Denis Pétau, and F. H. Bradley. After him are Byung-Chul Han, Wang Fuzhi, Anselm of Laon, Lanza del Vasto, Lubna of Córdoba, and Favorinus.
400 - 437
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 836
100 - 200
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 837
340 BC - 265 BC
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 838
1902 - 1995
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 839
1583 - 1652
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 840
1846 - 1924
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 841
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 842
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 843
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 844
1050 - 1117
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 845
1901 - 1981
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 846
922 - 984
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 847
85 - 200
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 848
Among people born in 1925, Michael Dummett ranks 177. Before him are Jørgen Ingmann, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Farley Granger, Giovanni Spadolini, Julie Harris, and Edward Gorey. After him are Serge Dassault, Krishna Sobti, Kalle Svensson, June Whitfield, Klaus Roth, and Yuli Daniel. Among people deceased in 2011, Michael Dummett ranks 135. Before him are Farley Granger, María Elena Walsh, James Hillman, Lawrence Eagleburger, María Mercader, and John Paul Getty III. After him are Jimmy Savile, Milivoj Ašner, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Sena Jurinac, Susannah York, and Abdul Fatah Younis.
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 171
1925 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 172
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 173
1925 - 1994
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 174
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 175
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 176
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 177
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 178
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 179
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 180
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 181
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 182
1925 - 1988
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 183
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 129
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 130
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 131
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 132
1918 - 2011
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 133
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 134
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 135
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 136
1913 - 2011
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 137
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 138
1921 - 2011
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 139
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 140
1944 - 2011
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 141
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Dummett ranks 2,046 out of 7,765. Before him are Cecil Beaton (1904), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), F. H. Bradley (1846), Michael Powell (1905), and Gordon Milne (1937). After him are James Glaisher (1809), Paul Nurse (1949), William Cullen (1710), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), and Jimmy Savile (1926).
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 2,040
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 2,041
1316 - 1336
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 2,042
1846 - 1924
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 2,043
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 2,044
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 2,045
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 2,046
1809 - 1903
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,047
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,048
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,049
1909 - 2006
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,050
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,051
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 2,052
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Dummett ranks 55. Before him are Perry Anderson (1938), Anne Conway (1631), Philippa Foot (1920), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Thomas Arnold (1795), and F. H. Bradley (1846). After him are J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Samuel Clarke (1675), Frederick Copleston (1907), John Hick (1922), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), and Richard Swinburne (1934).
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 49
1631 - 1679
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 50
1920 - 2010
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 51
1889 - 1957
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 52
1795 - 1842
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 53
1846 - 1924
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 54
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 55
1866 - 1925
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 56
1675 - 1729
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 57
1907 - 1994
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 58
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 59
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 60
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 61