Editing Gilbert Ryle (section)

==Biography==

=== Family ===
Gilbert Ryle's father, Reginald John Ryle, was a [[Brighton]] doctor, a [[generalist]] who had interests in [[philosophy]] and [[astronomy]], passing on to his children a large library. Gilbert's father was a son of [[J. C. Ryle|John Charles Ryle]], the first [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Bishop of Liverpool]].<ref>Ryle ('Modern Studies in Philosophy' series), ed. Oscar P. Wood and George Pitcher, Doubleday & Co. Ltd, 1970, p. 1</ref><ref>Faith in the Age of Science: Atheism, Religion, and the Big Yellow Crane, Mark Silversides, Sacristy Press, 2012, p. 157</ref> The Ryles were [[Cheshire]] landed [[gentry]]; Gilbert's elder brother, [[John Alfred Ryle]], of Barkhale, Sussex, became head of the family.

Gilbert Ryle's mother, Catherine, was daughter of Samuel King Scott (younger brother of the [[architect]] Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]]) by his wife Georgina, daughter of doctor William Hulme Bodley, and sister of architect [[George Frederick Bodley]], himself a student of Sir George. Cousins of the Ryle family thus include the [[haematologist]] [[Ronald Bodley Scott]], architect [[George Gilbert Scott Jr.]], founder of [[Watts & Co.]], and his son, [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], designer of the [[Battersea Power Station]].<ref>Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol. 1, 1965, ed. Peter Townend, p. 615, 'Ryle formerly of Barkhale' pedigree</ref>

=== Early life and education ===
Gilbert Ryle was born in Brighton, England, on 19 August 1900, and grew up in an environment of learning.

He was educated at [[Brighton College]] and in 1919 went up to [[The Queen's College, Oxford|The Queen's College]] at [[Oxford University|Oxford]] to study [[classics]], but was soon drawn to philosophy. He graduated with a "triple first"; he received [[first-class honours]] in classical [[Honour Moderations]] (1921), ''[[literae humaniores]]'' (1923), and [[philosophy, politics, and economics]] (1924).

=== Career ===
In 1924, Ryle was appointed lecturer in philosophy at [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. A year later, he became a [[fellow]] and tutor at Christ Church, where he remained until 1940.<ref name="Stanford Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia| last = Tanney | first = Julia | title = Gilbert Ryle | encyclopedia = Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | publisher = The Metaphysics Research Lab | location = Stanford, CA | date = Winter 2003 | url = http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ryle/ | access-date = 5 March 2008 }}</ref>

In the [[Second World War]], Ryle was commissioned in the [[Welsh Guards]]. A capable [[linguist]], he was recruited into [[military intelligence|intelligence]] work and by the end of the war had been promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]. After the war he returned to Oxford and was elected [[Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy]] and Fellow of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. He published ''[[The Concept of Mind]]'' in 1949. He was president of the [[Aristotelian Society]] from 1945 to 1946, and editor of the philosophical journal ''[[Mind (journal)|Mind]]'' from 1947 to 1971. Ryle died on 6 October 1976 at [[Whitby]], North Yorkshire.<ref name="Stanford Encyclopedia" />

Ryle's brothers John Alfred (1889–1950) and [[George Bodley Ryle|George Bodley]] (1902–1978), both educated at Brighton College, also had eminent careers. John became [[Regius Professor of Physic (Cambridge)|Regius Professor of Physic]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] and physician to [[King George V]]. George, after serving as Director of Forestry first for Wales and then England, was Deputy-Director of the [[Forestry Commission]] and appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1978-01-01 |title=George Bodley Ryle C.B.E. |journal=Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research |language=en |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=187–188 |doi=10.1093/forestry/51.2.187 |issn=0015-752X}}</ref>

Ryle was the subject of a portrait by [[Rex Whistler]], which he said made him look like "a drowned German General". He was a lifelong [[bachelor]], and in retirement he lived with his twin sister Mary.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ryle/|title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|chapter = Gilbert Ryle|year = 2021|publisher = Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}}</ref>