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G&a cohen biography
G. A. Cohen
Canadian philosopher (1941–2009)
"Gerald Cohen" redirects here. For the American composer and cantor, see Gerald Cohen (composer).
Gerald Allan CohenFBA (KOH-ən; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford.
He was known for his work on Marxism, and later, egalitarianism and distributive justice in normative political philosophy.
Life and career
Born into a communist Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec, on 14 April 1941,[6] Cohen was educated at McGill University (BA, philosophy and political science) in his hometown and the University of Oxford (BPhil, philosophy), where he studied under Gilbert Ryle (and was also taught by Isaiah Berlin).[6]
Cohen was assistant lecturer (1963–1964), lecturer (1964–1979), then reader (1979–1984) in the Department of P