Anthony Quinton

Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton, FBA (25 March 1925 – 19 June 2010) was an English political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. He served as President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1978 to 1987; and as chairman of the board of the British Library from 1985 to 1990. He is also remembered as a presenter of the BBC Radio programme Round Britain Quiz. Born in Gillingham, Kent, Quinton was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford. After serving as a flying officer and navigator in the RAF, he returned to Oxford, obtaining a first-class honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He became a Fellow and tutor of New College, Oxford, and later President of Trinity College. Quinton was president of the Aristotelian Society and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He was created a life peer as Baron Quinton in 1983 and sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative. He was well-known to BBC Radio audiences as the presenter of "Round Britain Quiz" from 1974 to 1985. Quinton participated in BBC Television series "Men of Ideas" and "The Great Philosophers". He died on 19 June 2010.