# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-cohen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:51:21.224Z

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name: "Gerald Cohen"
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description: "Gerald Allan Cohen was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford. He was known for his work on Marxism, and later, egalitarianism and distributive justice in normative political philosophy."
tagline: "Canadian political philosopher, founder of analytical Marxism (1941–2009)"
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birthDate: "1941-04-14"
deathDate: "2009-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump