Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 4th Baronet
| Ralph Wedgwood | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 December 1964 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Professor Sir Ralph Nicholas Wedgwood, 4th Baronet (born 10 December 1964) is a British philosopher.
Wedgwood was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the only son of Martin Wedgwood, later 3rd Baronet, and his wife the architectural historian Alexandra (known as Sandra; née Gordon Clark), daughter of the judge and crime novelist, Alfred Gordon Clark. He was named after his great-grandfather, Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet; his first name is pronounced /ˈreɪf/ (to rhyme with "safe" or "waif"). Wedgwood is a great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the master potter Josiah Wedgwood. He inherited the Wedgwood Baronetcy of Etruria upon the death of his father on 12 October 2010. The heir presumptive to the Baronetcy is John Julian Wedgwood (born 1936), son of the 2nd Baronet.
Wedgwood was educated at Westminster School, before taking a BA in Classics and Modern Languages at Magdalen College, followed by studies at King's College London (MPhil), and Cornell University, New York, United States (PhD). He was appointed Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995, becoming an Associate Professor in 1999. From 2002, Wedgwood acted as a Lecturer and Fellow in Philosophy at Merton College, Oxford, and was promoted to full professorship in 2007. At the beginning of 2012 he moved to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles as Professor of Philosophy.
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