Thomas Hobbes
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Who was Thomas Hobbes? Philosopher.

Date and Place of Birth: 5th April 1588, Westport, Wiltshire, England.

Family Background: Son of a Vicar who disappeared after a fight at his church door, leaving the care of his three children to his brother.

Education: Westport School and a private school. Magdalen hall, Oxford.

Chronology:

Written Works:

  • 1629: “The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides” (Translation).
  • 1637: “The Art of Rhetoric”. (Translation of Aristotle).
  • 1650: “De Corporo Politico, or the Elements of Law, Moral and Politic”. “Human Nature”.
  • 1651: “Epistle to Davenant on Gondibert”. “Leviathan”.
  • 1654: “Of Liberty and Necessity”.
  • 1674: “Odyssey” (Translation).
  • 1681: “Behemoth”.

Marriage: Never married.

Places of Interest:

Date and Place of Death: 4th December 1679, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England.

Age at Death: 90.

Site of Grave: St. John the Baptist Church, Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire, England.