David Pears

David Pears (8 August 1921 - 1 July 2009) was a British philosopher renowned for his work on Wittgenstein.^[1]

An Old Boy of Westminster School,^[2] he was in the Royal Artillery during World War II, and was seriously injured in a practice gas attack. After leaving the army he studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford, and was then for many years a Fellow of Christ Church.

References

1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/03/david-pears-obituary
2. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6625699.ece

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Name	Pears, David
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Date of birth	8 August 1921
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Date of death	1 July 2009
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