Alan Ryan

For other people named Alan Ryan, see Alan Ryan (disambiguation).
Alan Ryan
FBA
Born
Alan James Ryan

(1940-05-09) 9 May 1940 (age 84)
London, England[1]
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
SpouseKate Ryan
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Institutions
Doctoral studentsJeremy Waldron
Main interests
Political philosophy

Alan James Ryan FBA (born 9 May 1940) is a British philosopher. He was Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was also Warden of New College, Oxford, from 1996 to 2009.[2] He retired as Professor Emeritus in September 2015[3][4] and lives in Summertown, Oxford.[5]

  1. ^ Ryan, Alan (2015). On Hobbes: Escaping the War of All against All. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-87140-834-1.
  2. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2014. Prof Alan Ryan, Warden of New College, Oxford, 1996–2009, 73.
  3. ^ Per Alan Ryan's Homepage. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ Per http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/people.html?cat=19&search=academic_profiles&task=search (Select Emeritus listing.) Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ Christopher Hood, Desmond King, & Gillian Peele, eds, Forging a Discipline, Oxford University Press, 2014, page vii.