John W. Yolton

John W. Yolton
Born	October 31, 1921 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 3, 2005 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	University of Cincinnati University of California, Berkeley Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Historian of philosophy
Employer	Rutgers University
Spouse	Jean Yolton

John W. Yolton (1921–2005) was an American historian of philosophy.

He taught at Rutgers University from 1978 to 1992, and was a dean from 1978 to 1985. He authored or edited 15 books, several of which were about John Locke.

Early life

Yolton was born in 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati, a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a DPhil from Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Yolton taught at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, Princeton University, Kenyon College, the University of Maryland, and York University. He was a professor in the Philosophy department at Rutgers University from 1978 to 1992, and a dean from 1978 to 1985.

Yolton was the author or editor of 15 books, several of which were about John Locke.

Personal life and death

Yolton had a wife, Jean. He died on November 3, 2005, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Selected works

• Yolton, John W. (1956). Locke and The Way of Ideas. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. OCLC 459188873.
• Yolton, John W. (1994). Philosophy, Religion, and Science in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 9781878822413. OCLC 638801866.
• Yolton, John W. (2004). The Two Intellectual Worlds of John Locke: Man, Person, and Spirits in the Essay. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801442902. OCLC 912339324.