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Richard Swinburne

1934 - Today

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Richard Granville Swinburne (; born 26 December 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years, Swinburne has been a proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Swinburne has received more than 461,965 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Swinburne is the 939th most popular philosopher (up from 941st in 2019), the 2,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,506th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Swinburne ranks 939 out of 1,267. Before him are John Scott Haldane, Ervin László, Anandavardhana, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Pedro da Fonseca, and Paul Janet. After him are Debendranath Tagore, Robert Anton Wilson, Samuel Alexander, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Gabriel Biel, and Olavo de Carvalho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Swinburne ranks 221. Before him are Roberto Clemente, Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadiy Aygi, Fayza Ahmed, Juraj Herz, and Francisco J. Ayala. After him are Zilda Arns, Carmelo Simeone, Jimmy Fontana, John Brunner, Sven-Bertil Taube, and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Swinburne ranks 2,344 out of 8,785. Before him are Hilary Mantel (1952), George Buchanan (1506), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Sharon Osbourne (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), and Harold Abrahams (1899). After him are Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Arnold Bennett (1867), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Paul Johnson (1928), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), and Phil Taylor (1954).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Richard Swinburne ranks 58. Before him are Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Michael Dummett (1925), Perry Anderson (1938), William Paley (1743), Bernard Williams (1929), and John Scott Haldane (1860). After him are Martin Lings (1909), Samuel Clarke (1675), Anna Kingsford (1846), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Thomas Arnold (1795), and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678).

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