John Locke Research Paper

My Historical figure is John Locke. John Locke was born on Aguste 29, 1632 in Wring ton UK. His parents are Agnes Keene and John Locke. His father John Locke was a Country Lawyer and a small landowner who had served as a Captain during World War 1. His mother was a stay a home mother. Locke lived in a small cottage by a church in Wring ton, Somerset. Locke went to Westminster school and then Christ Church. When he graduated he went University of Oxford. There he studied medicine, which played an important role in his life. Locke thought that people were moral and reasonable. He also thought people had natural rights from the moment that they were born. As in natural rights he means, life, liberty, and property. The government is supposed …show more content…
Locke wrote an Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He advanced a theory of the self as a blank page, with knowledge and identity arising only from accumulated experience. He wanted to help protect life, liberty, an estate. His essays on religious tolerance supported an early model for the separation of church and state. His political thought was grounded in the notion of a social contract. In 1666 Locke was met to lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. Ashley is one of the most powerful people in England in the first 2 decades after the Restoration. Ashley was impressed with Locke at their first meeting he asks Locke to have another meeting with him in London. In 1668 Locke had become a Partner of the Royal Society with his friend Sydenham. They worked with each other to produce important research based on careful observation and a minimum of speculation. John Locke, the famous British philosopher died in October 28, 1704 after a prolonged decline in health, and is buried in the churchyard of the village of High Laver. Now that you have read this interview about John Locke I hope you Know more about him. John Lock helped many people. He helped African Americans, Women, and other people who was being treated unfairly. He was an overall