Maurice Cranston

Maurice William Cranston (1920–1993) was a British philosopher, political scientist, and author best known for his biographies of John Locke—which won the 1957 James Tait Black Memorial Prize—and his three-volume biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Press. He served as Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics for many years and later as Professor of Political Theory at the European University Institute in Florence, contributing significantly to the study of political philosophy and human rights. Center.