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Roger Scruton

1944 - 2020

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Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, (; 27 February 1944 – 12 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of conservative views. Editor from 1982 to 2001 of The Salisbury Review, a conservative political journal, Scruton wrote over 50 books on philosophy, art, music, politics, literature, culture, sexuality, and religion; he also wrote novels and two operas. His publications include The Meaning of Conservatism (1980), Sexual Desire (1986), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), and How to Be a Conservative (2014). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Scruton has received more than 2,338,629 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Roger Scruton is the 547th most popular philosopher (down from 468th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 983rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Philosopher.

Roger Scruton is a British philosopher and writer, who is most famous for his writings on aesthetics, culture, and politics.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Roger Scruton ranks 547 out of 1,267. Before him are Chaïm Perelman, Axel Honneth, Kenneth Waltz, Al-Baydawi, Jan Patočka, and Myia. After him are Jacques Ellul, Harriet Taylor Mill, Crates of Athens, Narayana Guru, Ammonius Hermiae, and Marcus Cornelius Fronto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Roger Scruton ranks 129. Before him are Frank Oz, John Densmore, Ian Wilmut, Ferenc Bene, Jane Hawking, and Chris Patten. After him are Agnes Baltsa, Robert C. Merton, Petar Zhekov, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Norodom Ranariddh, and Herbert Wimmer. Among people deceased in 2020, Roger Scruton ranks 91. Before him are Chuck Yeager, Maj Sjöwall, Jānis Lūsis, Honor Blackman, Lorenzo Sanz, and Manu Dibango. After him are George Blake, Wim Suurbier, Chadwick Boseman, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Shin Kyuk-ho, and Stanley Ho.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Scruton ranks 1,103 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Walter Bates (1825), James Dunlop (1793), Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936). After him are Mark Phillips (1948), George Shaw (1751), Stevie Young (1956), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Winifred Wagner (1897), and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Roger Scruton ranks 30. Before him are Adam Ferguson (1723), H. L. A. Hart (1907), Antony Flew (1923), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), A. J. Ayer (1910), and Paul Grice (1913). After him are Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), John Austin (1790), Alan Watts (1915), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Thomas Reid (1710), and R. G. Collingwood (1889).

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