Herbert James Paton
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Herbert James Paton FBA FSA Scot (30 March 1887 – 2 August 1969), usually cited as H. J. Paton, was a Scottish philosopher who taught at various university institutions, including Glasgow and Oxford. He worked in British intelligence during the two world wars and played a diplomatic role on behalf of Poland at the 1919 Versailles conference. In 1968, the year before his death, he published The Claim of Scotland, a plea for greater general understanding of the constitutional position of his own native country.
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Herbert James Paton | |
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Born | 30 March 1887 |
Died | 2 August 1969 |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow Balliol College, Oxford |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | British idealism[1] |
Main interests | Ethics |
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