Philosophers

John Stewart Collis

1900-1984
Author and philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Cook

1772-1845
Scottish church leader
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Macdonald Cornford

1874-1943
Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Leonard Courtney

1850-1928
Philosopher and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Victor Cousin

1792-1867
Philosopher, educational reformer and historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ralph Cudworth

1617-1688
Philosopher and theologian
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Dalton

1766-1844
Chemist and natural philosopher
Sitter in 15 portraits

Charles Darwin

1809-1882
Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
Sitter in 35 portraits

John Davies

circa 1806-1850
Scientist; lecturer in Chemistry at Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Humphry Davy, Bt

1778-1829
Natural philosopher
Sitter in 20 portraits

William George de Burgh

1866-1943
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Democritus

circa 460 BC-circa 370 BC
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Derham

1657-1735
Church of England clergyman and natural philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Theophilus Desaguliers

1683-1744
Natural philosopher
Sitter in 6 portraits

René Descartes

1596-1650
French philosopher and mathematician
Sitter in 10 portraits

Samuel de Sorbiere

1615-1670
French philosopher and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Patrick Arthur Devlin, Baron Devlin

1905-1992
Judge and legal philosopher; High Steward of Cambridge University
Sitter in 1 portrait

Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

1862-1932
Philosopher
Sitter associated with 30 portraits

Emile Joseph Dillon

1854-1933
Philosopher, author and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cornelis Drebbel

1572-1633
Philosopher and scientific inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett

1925-2011
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

John William Dunne

1875-1949
Soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803-1882
Poet and philosopher
Sitter in 8 portraits

Dorothy Mary Emmet

1904-2000
Philosopher
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt

1752-1822
Natural philosopher and antiquary
Sitter in 13 portraits

Alfred Cyril Ewing

1899-1973
Philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

Adam Ferguson

1723-1816
Philosopher and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Phillipa Ruth Foot

1920-2010
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Fowler

1832-1904
Philosopher and university administrator; President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Sitter in 3 portraits

Benjamin Franklin

1706-1790
Statesman; signer of the Declaration of Independence
Sitter in 8 portraits

Oliver Shewell Franks, Baron Franks of Headington

1905-1992
Philosopher and public servant
Sitter in 8 portraits

Alexander Campbell Fraser

1819-1914
Philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Freke

1688-1756
Surgeon and natural philosopher
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Garnett

1766-1802
Physician and natural philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Peter Thomas Geach

1916-2013
Philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Geber (Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan)

circa 721-circa 815
Islamic alchemist, pharmacist, philosopher, astronomer and physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Gilbert

1544?-1603
Natural philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Morris Ginsberg

1889-1970
Sociologist and philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Francis Glisson

1599?-1677
Physician and philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Godwin

1756-1836
Philosopher and novelist
Sitter in 13 portraits