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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Last name
Hobbes
First name
Thomas
Gender
male
Birth date
1588
Death date
1679
Nationality
English
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Latin
Education
  • Magdalen Hall, Oxford (B.A.) to 1608
  • Cambridge (B.A.) to 1608
Occupation
  • philosopher
Illness
  • shaking palsy (possibly Parkinson's disease)
  • strangury (pain when urinating)
  • stroke
  • paralysis
Buried at
local church of Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire, Dec. 6, 1679
Editor's notes
30/09/2005
LEME Lexicons
Editor's notes
12/10/2005