John Locke Influence On Education

John Locke was an English philosopher and Physician. Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in Wrington, Somerset. He was viewed as one of the most important philosophers. Not only that, Locke was classified as the “Father of Liberalism” and founded the school of empiricism. He inspired both the European Enlightenment and the Constitution of the United States. In his early life, both of his parents, Agnes Keene and John Locke were both Puritans. His father was a lawyer and served time in the military during the English civil war. In 1647, John was enrolled into Westminster School in London. He then earned the title as a “King’s Scholar”. Not everyone received that honor. It was only for males. By receiving that title, John made his way to another high class school called “Christ Church” in 1652. By being chosen as a “King’s Scholar”, he got offered a financial benefit, which helped him buy many books to learn Greek and Latin. People who attended that school studied logic, metaphysics, and different types of languages.

He graduated in 1656 and came back to Christ Church to earn a Master’s of Arts. John decided to go into the field of medicine, which required reading. He read and studied with influential

Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. Ashley was one of the most powerful figures in England in the first two decades after the Restoration. Locke and Ashley had a meeting together in 1666. Ashley was so impressed with Locke at their first meeting that in the following year he asked him to join his London household in Exeter House in the Strand as his aide and personal physician, though Locke did not then have a degree in medicine. Lock’s responsibilities expanded. He helped with his business and political matters, and after Shaftsbury was made chancellor, Locke turned into his secretary of presentations. Locke played a number of roles in the household, mostly likely serving as tutor to Ashley’s