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John Locke
Known as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in Somerset, England to devout Puritan parents. His father, also named John, worked as a clerk to the local Justice of the Peace and served as a cavalry captain in the English Civil War. As a teenager, Locke attended the distinguished Westminster School in London at the nomination of his father’s former commander. After that, he received an appointment to Christ Church at the University of Oxford in 1652.
Locke found his studies frustrating at both Westminster and Oxford, particularly the classical curriculum of Greek and Roman philosophy. Instead, he gravitated toward the modern works of René Descartes and other Enlightenment philosophers. He also took interest in medicine and experimental philosophy during his tenure at Oxford. After earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degree by 1658, Locke pursued a bachelor of medicine where he worked alongside esteemed scientist Robert Boyle.
Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, met Locke at Oxford and determined to enlist the young man as his personal physician. While Locke lived at Ashley’s Exeter house in London, he continued his medical studies under th
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Clayton, R.
“W. E. Gladstone, an annotated key” / Ruth Clayton. // IN: Notes & queries. – 48 (2001):140-143.
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Marshall, J.
“Huguenot thought after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes : toleration, ‘Socinianism’, integration and Locke” / John Marshall. // IN: From strangers to citizens : the integration of immigrant communities in Britain, Ireland and colonial America, 1550-1750 / edited by Randolph Vigne and Charles Littleton. – London : The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland ; Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2001. – pages 383-396.
Schøsler, J.
“Rousseau disciple de Locke?” / Jørn Schøsler. // IN: Études Jean-Jacques Rousseau. – 12 (2000/01):215-226.
Unwin, T.
“From Montpellier to New England : John Locke on wine” / Tim Unwin. // IN: Place, culture and identity : essays in historical geography in honour of Alan R. H. Baker / edited by Iain S. Black and Robin A. Butlin. – Saint-Nicholas, Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval, 2001. – (Géographie historique) – p. 69-90.
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Wills, J. E., Jr.
1688 : a global history / John E. Wills, Jr. – New Yo