The Greatest 18th Century British Writers

Birthdate: August 29, 1632

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Wrington, Somerset, England

Died: October 28, 1704

John Locke, also known as The Father of Liberalism, was a prominent Enlightenment Age philosopher. A qualified physician, Locke postulated the theory of mind, empiricism, and the idea of tabula rasa. His ideas influenced the social contract theory, the works of Kant and Rousseau, and the U.S. Declaration of Independence.