Thomas Hill Green

Thomas Hill Green ( born April 7, 1836 in Birkin, † March 15, 1882 ) was an English philosopher and social liberal politician. The Hegelian was a leading proponent of British idealism.

Student

Green is considered the founder of the British idealism. He worked from 1855 to 1882 at Balliol College, Oxford, first as a student, then as a tutor.

Bernard Bosanquet, Richard Lewis Nettleship, William Wallace, Andrew Cecil Bradley and Arnold Toynbee were his pupils at Balliol College. Probably also heard Francis Herbert Bradley, who studied at University College, Oxford, in Green.