PHILOSOPHER

William Thompson

1775 - 1833

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William Thompson (30 June 1775 – 28 March 1833) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the cooperative, trade union and Chartist movements as well as Karl Marx. Born into the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy of wealthy landowners and merchants of Cork society, his attempt to will his estate to the cooperative movement after his death sparked a long court case as his family fought successfully to have the will annulled. According to E. T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Thompson has received more than 71,292 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Thompson is the 1,150th most popular philosopher (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 181st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Philosopher.

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  • 2.39

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William Thompson ranks 1,150 out of 1,267. Before him are István Mészáros, W. D. Ross, Eduardo Lourenço, Homi K. Bhabha, Dieter Henrich, and Abram Deborin. After him are Hector Boece, Ralph Cudworth, William Lane Craig, John McDowell, Pat Robertson, and Mark Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, William Thompson ranks 48. Before him are Walter Savage Landor, Adolf Stieler, Anna Harrison, Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Baji Rao II, and Pauline Auzou. After him are Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Carlo Porta, Rana Bahadur Shah, Laura Secord, and Tenskwatawa. Among people deceased in 1833, William Thompson ranks 35. Before him are Ivan Martinov, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Yagan, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, and Hannah More. After him are Joshua Brookes, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, and Oliver Wolcott Jr..

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Thompson ranks 216 out of 549. Before him are Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Patrick Leahy (1877), George Moore (1852), Tim Ahearne (1885), and J. B. Bury (1861). After him are James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Sean Kelly (1956), and Liam Cosgrave (1920).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ireland

Among philosophers born in Ireland, William Thompson ranks 6. Before him are George Berkeley (1685), John Scotus Eriugena (810), James Ussher (1581), John Toland (1670), and G. E. M. Anscombe (1919). After him are Philip Pettit (1945).

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