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Algernon Sidney or Sydney (14 or 15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician and member of the Long Parliament. A republican political theorist colonel and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England he opposed the king’s execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against the King in part based on his work Discourses Concerning Government used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial. He was executed for treason.

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birth date
1623-01-15
birth place
London, Baynard's Castle
death date
1683-12-07
death place
London, Tower Hill
era
17th-century philosophy, Modern philosophy
philosophicalSchool
Political philosophy

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