David Bostock (philosopher)


David Bostock was a British philosopher and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.

Background, education and career

Bostock was one of four children of Edward and Alice Bostock. He was educated at Amesbury School in Hindhead, Surrey, and at Charterhouse School, before undertaking his National Service as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Surrey Regiment.
Having read Literae Humaniores at St John’s College, Oxford, and after stipendiary posts at Leicester University, the Australian National University at Canberra and Harvard University, Bostock served as a Fellow and Tutor in philosophy at Merton College, Oxford between 1968 and his retirement in 2004.

Works

Bostock wrote extensively on a range of philosophical issues, with particular focus on ancient philosophy. His publications included:
In 1961 Bostock married, first, Jenny Lawton, by whom he had two children, Timothy and Penelope.
In 2002 he married, secondly, Rosanne, the daughter of Colonel Atherton George ffolliott Powell.
David Bostock died on 29 October 2019.