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William Stoddart

1925 – 2023

Scottish philosopher

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Lived 1925 – 2023 (aged 98). William Stoddart was a British philosopher, translator, physician, theologian and author.

William Smith Stoddart (25 June 1925 – 9 November 2023) was a Scottish-Canadian physician, author and spiritual traveller, who wrote several books on the Perennial Philosophy and on comparative religion.

Biography William Smith Stoddart was born in Carstairs, Scotland on 25 June 1925. He graduated in medicine from Glasgow University.

Stoddart has been called a "master of synthesis" and was one of the important Perennialist writers. For many years he was assistant editor of the British journal Studies in Comparative Religion. He has translated into English, from the original French or German, several books of the perennialists Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) and Titus Burckhardt (1908–1984).

Stoddart lived most of his life in London, England, before moving, in 1982, to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He died in Windsor on 9 November 2023, at the age of 98.

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University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, University of Dublin

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Who was William Stoddart?

Scottish philosopher

When was William Stoddart born?

William Stoddart was born on 25 June 1925 in Carstairs.

When did William Stoddart die?

William Stoddart died on 9 November 2023 in Windsor.

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William Stoddart was a philosopher, translator, physician, theologian and author.

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William Stoddart was British.

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· Wikipedia: William Stoddart

· Wikidata: Q8018864

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