ABSTRACT
Gilbert Ryle was born in Brighton in 1900. He read first Classics and Philosophy
and then Philosophy, Politics and Economics at The Queen’s College, Oxford.
He was appointed to a lectureship at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1924. After war
service in Intelligence, he was elected to the Wayneflete Professorship in Meta-
physical Philosophy in 1945. He died in 1976, still active in philosophy. Apart
from his service during the Second World War, and occasional although extensive
travels, he spent the whole of his life in Oxford.
