Edmund Burke
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| - | '''Edmund Burke''' ([[January 12]], [[1729]] – [[July 9]], [[1797]]) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] statesman, author, orator, [[political theorist]], and [[philosophy|philosopher]], who served for many years in the [[British House of Commons]] as a member of the [[British Whig Party|Whig]] party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the [[United States|American]] colonies in the dispute with King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] and Great Britain that led to the [[American Revolution]] and for his strong opposition to the [[French Revolution]]. The latter made Burke one of the leading figures within the [[Conservatism|conservative]] faction of the [[British Whig Party|Whig party]] (which he dubbed the "Old Whigs"), in opposition to the pro-revolutionary "New Whigs", led by [[Charles James Fox]]. Burke also published philosophical works on [[aesthetics]] and founded the ''[[Annual Register]]'', a political review. He is often regarded by conservatives as the Father of Anglo-American conservatism. | + | '''Edmund Burke''' ([[January 12]], [[1729]] – [[July 9]], [[1797]]) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] statesman, author, orator, [[political theorist]], and [[philosophy|philosopher]], author of such works as ''[[Reflections on the Revolution in France]]'' and ''[[A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful]]''. |
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Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 – July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, author of such works as Reflections on the Revolution in France and A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.
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