John Locked graduated from the University of Oxford
One of the interesting facts about John Locke you should know is that he graduated from the University of Oxford. Locke was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles from Bristol, in a little thatched cottage near the church. Because both of his parents were Puritans, he was baptized on the same day. Locke's father, also known as John, was an attorney who worked as a clerk to the Justices of the Peace at Chew Magna and as a cavalry commander for the Parliamentarian troops during the early stages of the English Civil War. Agnes Keene was his mother's name. Locke was born in the market town of Pensford, some seven miles south of Bristol, where he grew up in a rural Tudor mansion near Belluton.
Locke was sent to the prestigious Westminster School in London in 1647, thanks to the patronage of Alexander Popham, a member of Parliament and previous commander of John Sr. He was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford, in the autumn of 1652, after finishing his studies there. At the time, the dean of the college was John Owen, vice-chancellor of the university. Despite being a bright student, Locke was dissatisfied with the undergraduate program at the time. He regarded modern philosophers' works, such as René Descartes, to be more engaging than the ancient material taught at university. Locke was introduced to medicine and experimental philosophy at other universities and the Royal Society, of which he later became a member, through his Westminster School classmate Richard Lower.
In February 1656, Locke received his bachelor's degree, and in June 1658, he received his master's degree. He earned a bachelor of medicine in February 1675 after studying medicine extensively at Oxford and working with notable scientists and intellectuals such as Robert Boyle, Thomas Willis, and Robert Hooke. In 1666, he met Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, who had traveled to Oxford for treatment of a liver infection. Ashley was impressed with Locke and convinced him to join his retinue.
