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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.