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W. D. Ross

1877 - 1971

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Sir William David Ross (15 April 1877 – 5 May 1971), known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish Aristotelian philosopher, translator, WWI veteran, civil servant, and university administrator. His best-known work is The Right and the Good (1930), in which he developed a pluralist, deontological form of intuitionist ethics in response to G. E. Moore's consequentialist form of intuitionism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. D. Ross has received more than 266,126 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. W. D. Ross is the 1,096th most popular philosopher, the 3,904th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 76th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, W. D. Ross ranks 1,096 out of 1,081. Before him are Pat Robertson, Richard Price, Alister McGrath, Paul Kurtz, John Gray, and Albert Razin. After him are Michael Ruse, Leila Ahmed, William Chittick, James Burnham, Ralph Cudworth, and Pritilata Waddedar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, W. D. Ross ranks 144. Before him are Dudley Pound, Joseph Stella, Vladimir Gardin, Ioannis Persakis, Georges Johin, and Leopold Skulski. After him are J. Searle Dawley, Marsden Hartley, Šatrijos Ragana, Jón Þorláksson, Rudolph Dirks, and Léon Sée. Among people deceased in 1971, W. D. Ross ranks 171. Before him are Martin Benka, Mary Browne, Erik Almlöf, Maude Fealy, Hank Mann, and Armand Massard. After him are Bebe Daniels, King Curtis, Cliff Edwards, Louis Armand, Martha Vickers, and Kim Iryeop.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. D. Ross ranks 3,904 out of 7,765. Before him are George Back (1796), Graham Swift (1949), Henry Daniell (1894), Paula Yates (1959), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), and Aynsley Dunbar (1946). After him are Arthur Wynne (1871), Freddie Francis (1917), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Michael Ruse (1940), Aaron Ramsey (1990), and Joseph Thomson (1858).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, W. D. Ross ranks 76. Before him are R. M. Hare (1919), John Major (1467), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Richard Price (1723), Alister McGrath (1953), and John Gray (1948). After him are Michael Ruse (1940), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Walter Burley (1275), William Ames (1576), Simon Blackburn (1944), and Mark Fisher (1968).

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