Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and sociologist, 1879. Artist: Francis Carruthers Gould

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Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and sociologist, 1879. Born in Derby, Spencer (1820-1903) put forward the idea and coined the term survival of the fittest and was an advocate of social Darwinism. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 26 April 1879).

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