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Edmund Burke | |
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| Born | 12 January 1729 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Died | 9 July 1797 (aged 68) Beaconsfield, England, Great Britain |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political orientation | Classical liberalism Conservatism |
| Political party | Whig |
Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher. He supported the Glorious Revolution in England but considered the French Revolution too radical.[1] Burke is commonly considered to be the "father of modern conservatism."[2]
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- ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Crisis of the English and American Models' (p. 129). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
- ↑ “This fragmentation of Whiggism into rival factions explains why the epithet 'father of modern conservatism' is often attached to Edmund Burke, whose spirited promulgation of counter-revolutionary ideas played a part in causing the schism.”
Robert Eccleshall (1990). English Conservatism Since the Restoration: An Introduction and Anthology: 'From the Restoration to the French Revolution' (p. 39). Routledge. [LG]