EDMUND BURKE (jan 12, 1729 – jul 9, 1797)
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Edmund Burke, (born January 12? [January 1, Old Style], 1729, Dublin, Ireland—died July 9, 1797, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker prominent in public life from 1765 to about 1795 and important in the history of political theory. He championed conservatism in opposition to Jacobinism in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).Added to timeline:
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jan 12, 1729
jul 9, 1797
~ 68 years