Michael John Petry

Michael John Petry (; 9 May 1933 – 27 March 2003) was an English professor of history of philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Life and work Born in 1931, Petry received his early education at Reading Blue Coat School (1944–1949) and later at Reading School and Pembroke College, Oxford (1949–1952). He earned a B.A. in Modern History in 1955, followed by a Diploma in Education in 1956, and an M.A. in Modern History in 1962. In 1969, he was awarded a DPhil for his dissertation Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature, with Special Reference to its Mechanics, supervised by Father F. C. Copleston.

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