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John Locke

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q15631401&amp;oldid=2549679200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the Royal Society
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q482438&amp;oldid=2536878273" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q34433&amp;oldid=2562159796" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Oxford
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q745967&amp;oldid=2550665156" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christ Church · from 1652 · to 1675
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q231949&amp;oldid=2549707337" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Two Treatises of Government
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q336002&amp;oldid=2564334143" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Wikidata describes John Locke as English philosopher and physician (1632-1704).

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