Karl Britton Explained

Karl William Britton (born Scarborough, 12 October 1909 – died Northumberland, 23 July 1983) was a British philosopher.^[1] Throughout his entire career, Britton was interested in the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, on whom he published a book in 1953 which was long regarded as the standard student text.^[2]

Life

Britton was one of four children. His older sister was Clare Winnicott and his older brother, James, a noted academic. He attended Southend High School, and from 1927 to 1932 Clare College, Cambridge, where he gained his MA. His first academic appointment (1932–1934) was as Choate Fellow at Harvard University.

Works

• Communication: a Philosophical Study of Language, 1939
• John Stuart Mill, 1953, 2nd ed. 1970
• Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, 1969

Notes and References

1. Brown, Stuart, ed. Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers: 2 Volumes. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005
2. Web site: Catalogue of the Karl Britton Papers . reed.dur.ac.uk.