Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer.jpg
Spencer at the age o 73
Born27 Apryle 1820(1820-04-27)
Derby, Derbyshire, Ingland
Dee'd8 December 1903(1903-12-08) (aged 83)
Brighton, Sussex, Ingland
NaitionalityBritish
Era19t-century filosofie
RegionWastren filosofie
SchuilEvolutionism, positivism, clessical liberalism
Main interests
Evolution, positivism, laissez-faire, utilitarianism
Notable ideas
Social Darwinism, Survival o the fittest
SignaturHS steel portrait sig.jpg

Herbert Spencer (27 Aprile 1820 – 8 December 1903) wis an Inglis filosofer, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, an prominent clessical liberal poleetical theorist o the Victorian era.