Leslie Dewart
Canadian philosopher and Professor Emeritus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leslie Dewart (December 18, 1922 – December 20, 2009) was a Canadian philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the Graduate Department of Philosophy and the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.
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Born | (1922-12-22)22 December 1922 |
Died | 20 December 2009(2009-12-20) (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality (legal) | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Era | 20th-century philosophy (modern philosophy) |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Theological philosophy |
Main interests | Cuban Revolution, Religion, Language, Consciousness |
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Dewart was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1922, but he was raised by his mother in Cuba. Coming to Canada at the age of 19, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in bomber-reconnaissance operations on the Atlantic Coast from 1942 to 1947, subsequently becoming a Canadian citizen. He then began his studies at the University of Toronto.
He was a Roman Catholic.[1]