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Roger Scruton, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Ph. D., University of Cambridge
M.A., University of Cambridge
Dr. Scruton is an academic philosopher, writer, editor, and publisher who has held visiting posts at many other institutions, including Princeton, Stanford, Louvain, Guelph (Ontario), Witwatersrand (S. Africa), Waterloo (Ontario), Oslo, Bordeaux, and Cambridge). He has been awarded an honorary doctorate, for services to literature and philosophy by Adelphi University, New York, and another honorary doctorate in recognition of his intellectual work, by the Masaryk University in Brno, Moravia. He has also been awarded the First of June prize by the city of Plzen, for services to the Czech people in their resistance to communist oppression, and has been decorated by President Havel for the same cause. He received the Richard M Weaver award for scholarly letters in 2004. He has given the Owen Memorial lectures in the University of Wales, the Jones Memorial Lecture at the University of Swansea, and the Stephen Memorial Lecture at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Scruton has published more than 30 books that have been widely translated, including philosophy, political and cultural commentary, criticism, and novels.
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