Find out more about the greatest 18th Century British Philosophers, including David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Famous 18th Century British Philosophers

Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft
27 April 1759
Writer
Jeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham
15 February 1748
Philosopher

Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke
12 January 1729
Statesman

William GodwinWilliam Godwin
03 March 1756
Journalist

George BerkeleyGeorge Berkeley
12 March 1685
philosopher

Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley
24 March 1733
Discoverer of Oxygen
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge
21 October 1772
Poet, Philosopher, Theologian, Writer, Literary

William WhewellWilliam Whewell
24 May 1794
Economist, Physicist, Historian, Philosopher,

William PaleyWilliam Paley
14 July 1743
Philosopher, Theologian, University teacher

David BrewsterDavid Brewster
11 December 1781
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,
Adam FergusonAdam Ferguson
20 June 1723
Philosopher, Librarian, Historian, Soldier,

Dugald StewartDugald Stewart
 
Frances WrightFrances Wright
06 September 1795
Writer, Philosopher

John AustinJohn Austin
03 March 1790
jurist, philosopher

Abraham TuckerAbraham Tucker
02 September 1705
Philosopher, Writer
Francis HutchesonFrancis Hutcheson
08 August 1694
philosopher, economist