Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton

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Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton (born March 25, 1925 in London , † June 19, 2010 ibid) was a British philosopher , radio presenter , politician and life peer .

Life

Quinton, son of fleet doctor ( Surgeon Captain ) of the Royal Navy Richard Frith Quinton and his wife Gwenllyan Letitia Jones, attended Stowe School, a private school in Stowe in the county of Buckinghamshire . In September 1940, Quinton and his mother were evacuated to Canada on the SS City of Benares due to the war . The ship and the destroyer accompanying it were brought up in the Atlantic by a German submarine and torpedoed. Quinton survived the shipping disaster with his mother in a lifeboat that floated for several hours in the freezing water of the Atlantic.

From January 1943, he studied with a scholarship , Economics , Political Science and Philosophy ( Philosophy, Politics and Economics ) (PPE) at Christ Church College of Oxford University . In August 1943 he enlisted in the British Military Forces and was a Flying Officer Navigator with the Royal Air Force during World War II . In 1946 he resumed his studies. In 1948 he received his first degree with distinction. From 1949 to 1955 he was a fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University. In 1955 he was then a fellow and tutor at New College, Oxford University, which he remained until 1978. In 1978 he became Chancellor of Trinity College , an office he held until 1997.

Quinton authored numerous books and academic studies on philosophy and the history of philosophy . His most important works included: The Nature of Things (1973), The Politics of Imperfection: The Religious and Secular Traditions of Conservative Thought in England from Hooker to Oakeshott (1978), Thoughts and Thinkers (1982) and Utilitarian Ethics (1973), a now classic study that is considered a highly reliable introduction to utilitarianism .

He also wrote studies on Francis Bacon and David Hume that were highly regarded by the academic world , he was the editor of the anthology Political Philosophy (1967) and published the book From Wodehouse To Wittgenstein in 1998 , a collection of essays in which he examined fundamental philosophical principles on political and social Transferred questions.

In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the academics who shaped the philosophical profile of the Conservative Party under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher .

Quinton also regularly wrote book reviews and reviews for the Sunday Telegraph . For many years he presented the successful radio quiz Round Britain Quiz at the BBC .

In 1952 he married the sculptor Marcelle Wegier. With her he had two children, a daughter and a son.

Membership in the House of Lords

Quinton was promoted to life peer on February 7, 1983 . He was named Baron Quinton, of Holywell in the City of Oxford and County of Oxfordshire. In the House of Lords he sat for the Conservative Party . His political interests were in the school system , art and the media . He listed the United States , Poland and Israel as countries of interest on the House of Lords website .

Offices and honors

Quinton was President of the Aristotelian Society (1975–1976), member of the Arts Council (1979–1981), Vice Chairman of the Board of Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1980–1995), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the British Library (1985–1990), Vice President of the British Academy (1985–1986), President of the Royal Institute of Philosophy (1990–2005) and Chairman of the Kennedy Memorial Foundation (1990–1995).

In 1977 he became a Fellow of the British Library, from 1970 to 1985 he was a Fellow of Winchester College .

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Individual evidence

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  2. Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton on thepeerage.com , accessed August 18, 2015.