Quentin Skinner
British historian
Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner FBA is a British intellectual historian. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including the Wolfson History Prize... Wikipedia
Born: 1940 (age 83 years), Oldham, United Kingdom
Influenced by: J. G. A. Pocock, Philip Pettit, Hannah Arendt, and more
Influenced: J. G. A. Pocock, Philip Pettit, Raymond Geuss, and more
Spouse: Susan James (m. 1979)
Notable ideas: Cambridge School (intellectual history)
Notable works: The Foundations of Modern Political Thought (1978); Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes (1996)
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