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John Stuart Mill

1806–1873 · 19th century

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, economist and Liberal member of Parliament, the most influential British liberal thinker of the nineteenth century. His works On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism and Principles of Political Economy shaped liberal thought, and in The Subjection of Women and in Parliament he argued for votes for women.

John Stuart Mill
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