Editing Ray Monk (section)

{{short description|British biographer born 1957}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
| region = [[Western philosophy]]
| era    = [[Contemporary philosophy]]
| name    = Ray Monk
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|2|df=yes|15}}
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| education        = [[University of York]] ([[M.A.]], 1979)
| institutions     = [[University of Southampton]]
| school_tradition = [[Analytic philosophy]], [[postanalytic philosophy]]
| main_interests   = [[Philosophical biography]], [[history of analytic philosophy]], [[philosophy of mathematics]], [[veganism]]
| notable_ideas =
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'''Ray Monk''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL}} (born 15 February 1957) is a British biographer who is renowned for his biographies of [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], [[Bertrand Russell]], and [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]. He is emeritus professor of philosophy at the [[University of Southampton]], where he taught in various capacities from 1992 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/philosophy/about/staff/rm.page|title=Professor Ray Monk &#124; Philosophy &#124; University of Southampton|website=www.southampton.ac.uk}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=cogito&id=cogito_1992_0006_0002_0057_0060|title=An Interview with Ray Monk|date=July 1, 1992|journal=Cogito|volume=6|issue=2|pages=57–61|via=www.pdcnet.org|doi=10.5840/cogito19926228|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Raymodraco/status/1024230159556206592|title=x.com}}</ref>