1710 - 1796
Thomas Reid (; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an agent-causal theory of free will. He also focused extensively on ethics, theory of action, language and philosophy of mind. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Reid has received more than 397,923 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Thomas Reid is the 573rd most popular philosopher (down from 554th in 2019), the 1,264th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,191st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Thomas Reid ranks 573 out of 1,081. Before him are Johann Bernhard Basedow, Eric Voegelin, Paul Virilio, Zhang Daoling, Barlaam of Seminara, and Yang Zhu. After him are Hans Blumenberg, Narayana Guru, Hermann Lotze, Dignāga, Arete of Cyrene, and Diogenes of Babylon.
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 567
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 568
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 569
34 - 156
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 570
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 571
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 572
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 573
1920 - 1996
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 574
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 575
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 576
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 577
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 578
240 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 579
Among people born in 1710, Thomas Reid ranks 8. Before him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, Domenico Alberti, and Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo. After him are Thomas Simpson, András Hadik, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, and Paolo Renier. Among people deceased in 1796, Thomas Reid ranks 10. Before him are Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, James Macpherson, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Shahrokh Shah, Johann Daniel Titius, and Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland. After him are Pyotr Rumyantsev, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, and Velu Nachiyar.
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 2
1710 - 1771
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 3
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
1710 - 1765
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 5
1710 - 1746
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 6
1710 - 1770
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 7
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 8
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 9
1710 - 1790
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 10
1710 - 1790
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 11
1710 - 1778
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 12
1710 - 1751
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 13
1710 - 1789
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 14
1726 - 1796
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 4
1736 - 1796
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 5
1765 - 1796
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 6
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 7
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1725 - 1796
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 11
1752 - 1796
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 12
1773 - 1796
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 13
1724 - 1796
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 14
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 15
1730 - 1796
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Reid ranks 1,264 out of 7,765. Before him are Wallace Hartley (1878), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Alistair MacLean (1922), and Charles Frederick Worth (1825). After him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Thomas Simpson (1710), Robert Fludd (1574), and Dusty Springfield (1939).
1878 - 1912
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,258
1384 - 1453
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,259
1813 - 1891
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,260
1475 - 1499
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 1,261
1922 - 1987
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,262
1825 - 1895
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,263
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 1,264
1827 - 1909
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 1,265
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,266
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,267
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,268
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 1,269
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1,270
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Reid ranks 33. Before him are Adam Ferguson (1723), Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), A. J. Ayer (1910), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), and Antony Flew (1923). After him are Alexander of Hales (1175), John Austin (1790), David Hartley (1705), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Gilbert Ryle (1900).
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 27
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 28
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 29
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 30
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 31
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 32
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 33
1175 - 1245
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 34
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 35
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 36
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 37
1623 - 1673
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 38
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 39