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Stuart Hampshire

British philosopher and literary critic (1914-2004) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 89

Sir Stuart Newton Hampshire was an English philosopher, literary critic and university administrator. He was one of the antirationalist Oxford thinkers who gave a new direction to moral and political thought in the post-World War II era.

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Fellow of the British Academy
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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 2004 · aged 89