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PHILOSOPHER

William Thompson

1775 - 1833

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William Thompson (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 69,162 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Thompson is the 1,037th most popular philosopher, the 182nd most popular biography from Ireland and the 6th most popular Irish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William Thompson ranks 1,037 out of 1,081Before him are Buddhapālita, Hirata Atsutane, Samuel ibn Tibbon, Pierre Lévy, Jean Cavaillès, and Aleksei Losev. After him are Anna Tumarkin, Ramananda, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Liang Shuming, Phan Thanh Giản, and Ivan Kireyevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, William Thompson ranks 41Before him are Conrad Malte-Brun, Antonio Bertoloni, Juan Martín Díez, Adolf Stieler, Thomas Girtin, and Bhimsen Thapa. After him are Walter Savage Landor, Anna Harrison, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Carlo Porta, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, and Laura Secord. Among people deceased in 1833, William Thompson ranks 32Before him are Nannette Streicher, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Fausto Elhuyar, Ivan Martinov, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and Yagan. After him are Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Joshua Brookes, and Oliver Wolcott Jr..

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Thompson ranks 182 out of 501Before him are Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Maeve Binchy (1939), Richard Todd (1919), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Dorothea Jordan (1761), and Robert Mallet (1810). After him are Andrew Scott (1976), Herbert Brenon (1880), Yvonne Farrell (1951), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), and Tim O'Reilly (1954).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ireland

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