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My Take
Roger Scruton fascinates me because he refused the easy intellectual fashions of his era. From a modest Lincolnshire village to Cambridge, he built a body of work spanning aesthetics, architecture, politics and religion, defending conservative ideas with unusual elegance rather than anger. What I admire most is that he treated beauty as a serious philosophical subject when many dismissed it, and even composed music himself. Whether or not you share his politics, his honesty and range are hard to ignore. The Czech medal he earned reminds me his influence quietly crossed borders. To me he remains a genuinely consequential, courageous thinker.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roger Scruton
- Name (Japanese)
- ロジャー・スクルートン
- Reading
- ろじゃー・すくるーとん
- Born
- February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Buslingthorpe, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- philosopher / political scientist / university teacher / composer / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Cambridge
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Czech Medal of Merit
- 1996 1st of June Award
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2016 Sappho Award
- 1998 honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University
- 2019 Silver Medal of the President of the Senate
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Roger Scruton born?
February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020.
Where is Roger Scruton from?
Roger Scruton is from Buslingthorpe, United Kingdom.
What does Roger Scruton do?
Roger Scruton works as philosopher, political scientist, university teacher, composer, politician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-19
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.