About Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith
Lived 1914 – 2006 (aged 91). Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith was a philosopher.
Patrick Horace Nowell-Smith (b. 1914, Polzeath, Cornwall, d. 2006) was a moral philosopher who taught at Leicester University, University of Kent, and York University. His 1954 book Ethics was mentioned in G. E. M. Anscombe's famous critique of consequentialism in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy."
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Who was Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith?
philosopher, 1914-2006
When was Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith born?
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith was born on 17 August 1914 in Polzeath.
When did Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith die?
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith died on 16 February 2006.
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Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith was a philosopher.
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