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Michael Oakeshott

1901 - 1990

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Michael Joseph Oakeshott FBA (; 11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist who wrote on the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Oakeshott has received more than 704,716 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michael Oakeshott is the 1,064th most popular philosopher (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 2,975th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,030th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Oakeshott ranks 1,064 out of 1,267. Before him are Jerzy Żuławski, Sedulius Scottus, Patricia Churchland, Ioane Petritsi, Derek Prince, and Abdel Rahman Badawi. After him are Alois Riehl, Hirata Atsutane, Marsilius of Inghen, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Eudorus of Alexandria, and Joseph Raz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Michael Oakeshott ranks 203. Before him are Claude Aveline, Hugo Haas, Franz Konwitschny, René Dubos, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Franco Rasetti. After him are Erich Ollenhauer, Gaston Waringhien, Valerian Pidmohylny, Lajos Dinnyés, Frederick Loewe, and Roy Urquhart. Among people deceased in 1990, Michael Oakeshott ranks 175. Before him are Laura Perls, Aleksandra Chudina, Herbert Wehner, Cemal Süreya, Araken Patusca, and Robert Cummings. After him are Geir Hallgrímsson, René David, Omero Tognon, Willy Vandersteen, Katalin Karády, and Erna Berger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 2,975 out of 8,785. Before him are Amy Robsart (1532), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Robert Knox (1791), Anthony Phillips (1951), and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891). After him are Susanna Hall (1583), Sue Townsend (1946), Enoch Powell (1912), James Francis Stephens (1792), Hermione Baddeley (1906), and Mark Sheppard (1964).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 68. Before him are J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), John Hick (1922), R. M. Hare (1919), and Damaris Cudworth Masham (1659). After him are Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Carole Pateman (1940), Walter Burley (1275), W. D. Ross (1877), Hector Boece (1465), and Ralph Cudworth (1617).

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