Algernon Sidney

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Algernon Sidney was a 17th-century English republican political theorist and opponent of absolute monarchy whose writings on liberty and government strongly shaped later Whig and liberal thought.

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Lord Algernon Sidney 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician
human
opponent of absolute monarchy
pamphleteer
political theorist
republican thinker
writer
birthDate 1623-01-15
birthPlace Baynard's Castle
surface form: Baynard's Castle, London, England
causeOfDeath execution by beheading
chargedWith treason
conflict English Civil War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1683-12-07
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt home education
era 17th-century philosophy
Early modern political philosophy
executedBy Charles II of England
surface form: King Charles II of England
father Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
ideology anti-absolutism
popular sovereignty
resistance theory
influenced American revolutionary thought
John Locke
United States Founding Fathers
Whig political thought
liberal constitutionalism
influencedBy Protestant political thought
classical republicanism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Sidney
mother Dorothy Percy
movement Whig ideology
classical liberalism
republicanism
name Algernon Sidney self-link
nobleTitle Algernon Sidney self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lord Algernon Sidney
notableIdea government based on consent of the governed
rejection of the divine right of kings
right of resistance to tyrants
separation of powers
notableWork Court Maxims
Discourses Concerning Government
occupation diplomat
political philosopher
soldier
opposedTo absolute monarchy
the Stuart doctrine of divine right
placeOfBurial St Giles-in-the-Fields, London
surface form: St Giles in the Fields, London
positionHeld English envoy to Denmark
English envoy to Sweden
member of the Long Parliament
servedIn Parliamentarian army
sibling Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester

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Henry Sidney sibling Algernon Sidney
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Rye House Plot participant Algernon Sidney