Edmund Burke
1729–1797
Irish statesman regarded as the founder of modern conservatism.
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was a political thinker, born in Dublin and died in Beaconsfield.
- Known as
- Political thinker
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- 1729, Dublin
- Died
- 1797, Beaconsfield
Alive at the same time as Edmund Burke
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Portrait: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.
