Baxter, Andrew (1686/7–1750), natural philosopher and metaphysician, was born at Old Aberdeen, the son of a merchant and his wife, Elizabeth Frazer. Baxter studied at King's College, Aberdeen, from 1699 to 1703, and in 1719 was employed by the Hays of Drumelzier, whom he subsequently served in various capacities. While residing with the ...
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Collier, Arthur (1680–1732), metaphysician, was born on 12 October 1680 at the rectory, Langford Magna, Wiltshire, the third and eldest surviving son of Arthur Collier (d. 1697), the rector of Langford Magna, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Thomas and Joan Currey...
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Strawson, Sir Peter Frederick (1919–2006), philosopher, was born on 23 November 1919 at 55 Castlebar Road, Ealing, London, the second son and second of four children (three sons and a daughter) of Cyril Walter Strawson (1888–1937) and his wife, Nellie Dora, née Jewell (1890–1975)...
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Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (1919–2006) by Peter Wardle, 1989 © National Portrait Gallery, London
