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Algernon Sidney  

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  • Algernon Sidney (1623–1683) was a prominent English statesman and political author during his country's civil war period. Sidney was born into a prominent family and benefited from a comprehensive liberal education, which was augmented by his father's contacts with philosophers like Hugo Grotius. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Sidney, Algernon]

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