David Pears
David Francis Pears, FBA was a British philosopher renowned for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein. Along with Brian McGuinness, he published what became the standard English translation of the Tractatus in 1961.
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- Bedfont
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- Balliol CollegeWestminster School
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1921
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