Michael Logan Gonne Redhead (30 December 1929 – 31 August 2020) was a British academic and philosopher of physics.

Biography

Redhead was born on 30 December 1929 in London and educated there at

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It derives from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the 1066 Norman Conquest, as d ...

. Redhead was Centennial Professor in CPNSS (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science) at the

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

. Redhead was an Emeritus Fellow of

Wolfson College, Cambridge Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The majority of students at the college are postgraduates. The college also admits "mature" undergraduates (aged 21 and above), with around ...

, and was Vice-President (1992–1996) and Acting President 1992 and 1993, Wolfson College, and formerly Head, CU Dept of History and Philosophy of Science. He died on 31 August 2020 at the age of 90.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redhead, Michael 1929 births 2020 deaths British philosophers Philosophers of science Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College London Lakatos Award winners