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    John Locke - Wikipedia

    • John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the dev… See more

    BornJohn Locke · 29 August 1632 · Wrington, Somerset, England
    Died28 October 1704 (aged 72) · High Laver, Essex, England
    EducationChrist Church, Oxford (BA, 1656; MA, 1658; MB, 1675)
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    Early life

    Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in a small thatched cottage by the church in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles from Bristol. He was baptised the same day, as both of his parents were Puritans. Locke's father, als… See more

    Career

    Locke had been looking for a career and in 1667, moved into Ashley's home at Exeter House in London, to serve as his personal physician. In London, Locke resumed his medical studies under the tutelage of Thomas Sy… See more

     
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