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Nicholas Dent

British philosopher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ127821162 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nicholas John Henry Dent (born 1945) is a British philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He is best known for his work on Rousseau's thought.

Editorial summary

“Nicholas Dent” enters the record as british philosopher. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nicholas, Dent and British can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1945—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1945-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Nicholas, Dent and British.
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Why this record matters

“Nicholas Dent” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Nicholas, Dent and British provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q127821162. VIAF identifies the subject as 22178123. The Library of Congress control number is n82231254. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nicholas Dent” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.