Roger Scruton
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Roger Scruton was a British conservative philosopher, writer, and public intellectual known for his work on aesthetics, political philosophy, and cultural criticism.
Aliases (2)
- Roger Vernon Scruton ×1
- Scruton ×1
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conservative thinker
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human → philosopher → public intellectual → writer → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in philosophy
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| almaMater |
University of Cambridge
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| awardReceived |
CBE
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Knight Bachelor → |
| causeOfDeath |
cancer
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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| dateOfBirth |
1944-02-27
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| dateOfDeath |
2020-01-12
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Michael Tanner
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| educatedAt |
Jesus College, Cambridge
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| familyName |
Scruton
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| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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cultural criticism → philosophy → political philosophy → |
| fullName |
Roger Vernon Scruton
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| givenName |
Roger
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Sir
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| ideology |
conservatism
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| knownFor |
cultural criticism
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defence of conservatism → work in aesthetics → work in political philosophy → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| movement |
conservatism
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| nationality |
British
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| notableWork |
A Short History of Modern Philosophy
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Beauty → Green Philosophy → How to Be a Conservative → The Aesthetics of Music → The Meaning of Conservatism → The West and the Rest → |
| occupation |
barrister
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composer → philosopher → university professor → writer → |
| placeOfBirth |
Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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| placeOfDeath |
Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England
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| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Conservative Philosophy Group
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Member of the UK Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission → Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, University of London → Professor of Philosophy at Boston University → Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford → Visiting Professor at the University of St Andrews → |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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| spouse |
Sophie Jeffreys
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Referenced by (4)
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Elizabeth Anscombe
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Roger Scruton
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Roger Scruton
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Peterhouse, Cambridge
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