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Karl Britton

Karl William Britton (12 October 1909 – 23 July 1983) was a British philosopher. Throughout his entire career, Britton was interested in the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, on whom he published a book in 1953 which was long regarded as the standard student text.[1][2]

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Britton was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, one of four children; his older sister was Clare Winnicott and his older brother, James, was a noted academic. He attended Southend High School and, from 1927 to 1932, Clare College, Cambridge, where he gained his MA (Cantab) in history and moral sciences. In 1931 he was President of the Cambridge Union Society.[3] At Cambridge, Britton was amongst those taught by Wittgenstein, about whom he would later publish his reminisces.[4]

His first academic appointment (1932–1934) was as Choate Fellow at Harvard University. Britton then served as lecturer in philosophy at University College, Aberystwyth (1934– 1937).[1] He then taught at University College, Swansea before, in 1951, becoming Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Durham, later the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he remained until his retirement in 1975.[3] He died in Riding Mill, Northumberland, in 1983.

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  1. 1 2 Plant, Kathryn L. "Britton, Karl William (1909–83)" in: Brown, Stuart, ed. Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers: 2 Volumes. Thoemmes Continuum, 2005, pp. 125–128, ISBN 1 84371 096 X
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of the Karl Britton Papers". reed.dur.ac.uk.
  3. 1 2 "BRITTON, Prof. Karl William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2025 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) see also: Who's who : an annual biographical dictionary. 1983, one hundred and thirty-fifth year of issue. London : A. & C. Black. 1983. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-7136-2280-5.
  4. ↑ Britton, Karl (1967). "Portrait of a Philosopher". In Fann, K. T. (ed.). Ludwig Wittgenstein: the man and his philosophy. Internet Archive. [New York] [Dell Pub. Co.] pp. 56–63. ISBN 978-0-391-00897-7.
  5. ↑ Ward, Keith (1971). "Review of Philosophy and the Meaning of Life". Philosophy. 46 (175): 70–71. ISSN 0031-8191.
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