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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
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke
12 January 1729
Statesman

Jeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham
15 February 1748
Philosopher

Samuel ColeridgeSamuel Coleridge
21 October 1772
Poet

George BerkeleyGeorge Berkeley
12 March 1685
philosopher

William GodwinWilliam Godwin
03 March 1756
Journalist
Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley
24 March 1733
Discoverer of Oxygen

John AustinJohn Austin
03 March 1790
jurist, philosopher

Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
16 September 1678
Politician
William PaleyWilliam Paley
14 July 1743
Philosopher, Theologian, University teacher

William WhewellWilliam Whewell
24 May 1794
Economist, Physicist, Historian, Philosopher,
Francis HutchesonFrancis Hutcheson
08 August 1694
philosopher, economist

Richard PriceRichard Price
23 February 1723
Philosopher

Frances WrightFrances Wright
06 September 1795
Writer, Philosopher

Joseph ButlerJoseph Butler
18 May 1692
Philosopher

Catharine MacaulayCatharine Macaulay
02 April 1731
Historian
Samuel ClarkeSamuel Clarke
11 October 1675
Philosopher

Dugald StewartDugald Stewart
22 November 1753
Philosopher

David HartleyDavid Hartley
30 August 1705
British physician and philosopher

William WollastonWilliam Wollaston
26 March 1659
Philosopher
Abraham TuckerAbraham Tucker
02 September 1705
Philosopher, Writer

Arthur CollierArthur Collier
12 October 1680
Priest
John CartwrightJohn Cartwright
17 September 1740
British politician