Philosopher · Age of revolutions and empire · England
John Stuart Mill
1806–1873
English thinker raised by his father as a reasoning machine who became liberalism's great defender. On Liberty of 1859 made free speech and individuality the test of civilization. He lived 1806 to 1873.
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- Born
- 1806, London, England.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, John Stuart Mill
- Died
- 1873, Avignon, France.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, John Stuart Mill
- School
- Utilitarianism and liberalism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, John Stuart Mill
- Known for
- On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection of Women, an early argument for women's equality.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, John Stuart Mill
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