Herbert Spencer

(1820-1903)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spencer, George, 1799-1864 NRA: Spencer George Ignatius (1799-1864) Passionist DNB: Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903), philosopher, social theorist, and sociologist LBT ID: HeSpenc1903 VIAF ID: 52496289 LOC ID: n88068365	B/BAP: 1820-04-27 DIED: 1903-12-08
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The eldest son of the schoolmaster George Spencer, he was a popular philosopher and theorist of social liberalism.
REFERENCES TO Herbert Spencer: Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) I. Byron Characteristics Found 1: ¶ n1