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Ronald Field Atkinson

British philosoher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ84737666 ↗
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Ronald Field Atkinson (1928 – 17 April 2005) was a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Exeter and University of York.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928. The account is most persuasive where Ronald, Field and Atkinson can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q84737666. VIAF identifies the subject as 58306697. The Library of Congress control number is n94043464. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ronald Field Atkinson” 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.