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PHILOSOPHER

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 660,131 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Michael Oakeshott is the 1,019th most popular philosopher (down from 962nd in 2019), the 3,038th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,795th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Oakeshott ranks 1,019 out of 1,081. Before him are John Scott Haldane, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Allan Bloom, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Northrop Frye, and Hubert Dreyfus. After him are Philip of Opus, Derek Parfit, Harald Høffding, G. A. Cohen, P. C. Chang, and Paul Deussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Michael Oakeshott ranks 199. Before him are Clyde Geronimi, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Grete Hermann, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Claude Aveline, and Frederick Loewe. After him are Paul Verhoeven, Otto Heckmann, Raymond Firth, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Haj Ali Razmara, and Jan de Quay. Among people deceased in 1990, Michael Oakeshott ranks 171. Before him are A. J. P. Taylor, Bazilio Olara-Okello, Walter Bruch, Ahti Karjalainen, Boris Paichadze, and Ivar Lo-Johansson. After him are David Stirling, Mario Pizziolo, Geir Hallgrímsson, Horst Bienek, Concha Piquer, and Carl A. Wirtanen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 3,038 out of 7,765. Before him are Billy Bremner (1942), Donald Adamson (1939), Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), William Lawes (1602), and John Moore (1761). After him are Christopher Eccleston (1964), Herbert Lawford (1851), Paul Day (1956), Martin Birch (1948), Henry Cooper (1934), and Joseph Bramah (1748).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Oakeshott ranks 69. Before him are Anna Kingsford (1846), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Martin Lings (1909), Hector Boece (1465), John Peckham (1227), and John Scott Haldane (1860). After him are R. M. Hare (1919), John Major (1467), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Richard Price (1723), Alister McGrath (1953), and John Gray (1948).

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