John Hospers

John Hospers
Hospers in 1998
Born	(1918-06-09)June 9, 1918 Pella, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 12, 2011(2011-06-12) (aged 93) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Libertarian (before 1991) Republican (after 1991)
Academic background
Alma mater	Central College, Iowa University of Iowa (MA) Columbia University (PhD)
Academic work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Institutions	University of Minnesota Brooklyn College California State College, Los Angeles University of Southern California
Main interests	Aesthetics ethics objectivism

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John Hospers (June 9, 1918 – June 12, 2011) was an American philosopher and political activist. Hospers was interested in Objectivism, and was once a friend of the philosopher Ayn Rand, though she later broke with him. In 1972, Hospers became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only minor party candidate to receive an electoral vote in that year's U.S. presidential election.^[1]