Jimmy Burns, who has died aged 90, was a distinguished scholar, teacher and historian of political thought.
In addition to an encyclopaedic knowledge of his specialist field he also had an unsurpassed insight into the works of Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher, social reformer and utilitarian whose collection he edited for almost 20 years.
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James Burns
Historian;
Born: November 10, 1921; Died: November 4, 2012.
Jimmy Burns, who has died aged 90, was a distinguished scholar, teacher and historian of political thought.
In addition to an encyclopaedic knowledge of his specialist field he also had an unsurpassed insight into the works of Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher, social reformer and utilitarian whose collection he edited for almost 20 years.
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