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...Skinner, Burrhus Frederic B. F. Skinner was born on 20 March 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and died on 18 August 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, William Arthur Skinner, was a lawyer and attorney for the Erie railroad. His...

...Tyndall, John John Tyndall was born at Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow on 2 August 1820 and, after suffering ill-health for many years, died tragically in Hindhead, Surrey on 4 December 1893, from an overdose of a sleeping draught mistakenly...

...Paul Churchland was born on 21 October 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He received his BA from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969, writing...

...Hartley, David David Hartley was baptized at Luddenden, Halifax on 21 June 1705 and died in Bath on 28 August 1757. The eldest son of an Anglican clergyman who held modest livings in Halifax and Leeds, Hartley attended Jesus College...

...Kames, Henry Home, Lord Shaftesbury, third Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper) Henry Home was born at Kames in Eccles, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, the son of a minor landed gentleman. He died at his estate in Kincardine, Perthshire...

...Priestley, Joseph Seddon, John Canton, John Joseph Priestley was born at Fieldhead, Yorkshire on 13 March 1733, the eldest of six children of Jonas Priestley. He died at Northumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 February 1804 and was buried...

...Ted Honderich was born in the Canadian village of Baden on 30 January 1933. Between 1952 and 1959 he studied at the University of Toronto. After several false starts, and some time spent working as a journalist, he graduated with a degree...