Algernon sidney biography definition
Algernon Sidney (born , Penshurst Place, Kent, England—died December 7, , London) was..
Algernon Sidney
English politician and member of the middle part of the Long Parliament
Not to be confused with Algernon Sydney Sullivan.
Algernon Sidney or Sydney (15 January – 7 December ) was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel.
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A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed the king's execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government, which was used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial.
He was executed for treason. After his death, Sidney was revered as a "Whig patriot—hero and martyr".
British politician and political theorist ().The works of Algernon Sidney, along with those of contemporary John Locke, are considered a cornerstone of western thought. Discourses Concerning Government cost Sidney his life. However, the ideas it put forth survived and ultimately culminated in the Glorious Revolution in Engl