P. F. Strawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

P. F. Strawson

British philosopher

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Ealing, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2006

Profession: engineer, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sir Peter Frederick Strawson FBA (; 23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006), usually cited as P.
F.
Strawson, was an English philosopher.
He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) from 1968 to 1987.
Before that, he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College, Oxford, in 1947, and became a tutorial fellow the following year, until 1968.
On his retirement in 1987, he returned to the college and continued working there until shortly before his death.
His portrait was painted by the artists Muli Tang and Daphne Todd.When he died, the obituary in The Guardian noted that, "Oxford was the world capital of philosophy between 1950 and 1970, and American academics flocked there, rather than the traffic going the other way.
That golden age had no greater philosopher than Sir Peter Strawson."