Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was a politician, philosopher, writer and political scientist (1729–1797). He was born at Dublin and died at Beaconsfield.

Edmund Burke in brief

Born
1729
Died
1797
Known for
politician, philosopher, writer and political scientist
Place of birth
Dublin
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Formation and teaching

Edmund Burke studied at Trinity College, Dublin. His recorded influences include Aristotle, Cicero, Church Fathers, Richard Hooker and William Blackstone.

Career and activity

Edmund Burke worked in political science, political ideology, conservatism and philosophy. His work is associated with liberal conservatism and counter-revolutionary.

He was employed by University of Glasgow. Recorded positions include member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain and member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 2: Reflections on the Revolution in France and A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 606 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Burke, Edmund, Oxford Music Online, 2002. Edmund Burke : The Contradictions of Benevolence, Edmund Burke : Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers. Edmund Burke, Authors group, 2020. Burke, Edmund, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Edmund Burke und Frankreich, Edmund Burke und Frankreich, 1956. O Sublime explicado às crianças, Trans/Form/Ação, 2011. A REPRESENTAÇÃO DO SUBLIME NO CONTO “A ENCHENTE”, DE ARTHUR ENGRÁCIO, Revista Decifrar, 2020. Briser les « chaînes extérieures » : le combat commun de la Révolution française et de la Doctrine de la science de Fichte, Astérion. “A small and a temporary deviation”: Edmund Burke’s Reflections on exception in Reflections on the Revolution in France, XVII-XVIII, 2020. Saving Nation, Faith and Family. Yoram Hazony’s National Conservativism and Its Theo-Political Mission, Religions, 2021. Paisagens e Crônicas Visuais da Destruição: índices e temporalidades do discurso visual no fotojornalismo, Revista Eco-Pós, 2014. Paisagem sublime e paixão: Gonçalves Dias leitor crítico de Turquety, Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, 2023. Ideias versus redes sociais: ativismo à distância na Inglaterra do século XVIII Ideas versus social networks: long-distance activism in eighteenth-century England, Tempo Social, 2012.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Project Gutenberg.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg. Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Edmund Burke — Project Gutenberg. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 84 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Edmund Burke studied at Trinity College, Dublin. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is political science, political ideology and conservatism. The authority associates the name with liberal conservatism and counter-revolutionary. Aristotle, Cicero and Church Fathers are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with University of Glasgow. Positions recorded include member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain and member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain.

Works named in the authority record are Reflections on the Revolution in France and A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.

Chronology

  1. 1729Edmund Burke born at Dublin.
  2. 1797Edmund Burke died at Beaconsfield.
  3. 1803The Works of ... Edmund Burke digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1817The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 58 (Google eBook) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Burke, Edmund, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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    Burke, Edmund, Oxford Music Online, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Edmund Burke : The Contradictions of Benevolence, Edmund Burke : Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Edmund Burke und Frankreich, Edmund Burke und Frankreich, 1956

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Edmund Burke, Authors group, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Edmund Burke (Internet Archive), 779 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 154 articles naming Edmund Burke.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1055237836, Willson, Edmund Burke.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 446 digitised items catalogued under Edmund Burke as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Project Gutenberg holds 16 full texts attributed to Edmund Burke.

    digital repository · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Edmund Burke.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  12. 12.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 606 works naming Edmund Burke.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  13. 13.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q165792: Edmund Burke

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  14. 14.

    “Edmund Burke”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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