This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. This template is generally superseded by officeholder templates (if the philosopher held political or other public office; e.g. Alan Greenspan).

{{Infobox philosopher
|region           = 
|era              = 
|color            = lightsteelblue
|image_name       = 
|image_size       = 
|image_alt        = 
|image_caption    = 
|name             = 
|birth_date       = 
|birth_place      = 
|death_date       = 
|death_place      =
|school_tradition = 
|main_interests   = 
|notable_ideas    = 
|influences       = 
|influenced       = 
|signature        = 
|signature_alt    = 
|box_width        = 
}}

To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase. All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the Infobox;

Microformat

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The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

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Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, {{birth date and age}}, {{birth-date}} or {{birth-date and age}} are used in the infobox. (but do not use these if the date is before 1583).

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • bday
  • birthplace
  • category
  • country-name
  • deathdate
  • deathplace
  • extended-address
  • family-name
  • fn (required)
  • given-name
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • n
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.