List of centenarians (philosophers and theologians)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as philosophers and theologians – known for reasons other than their longevity
Longevity
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Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Ruth Nanda Anshen Ruth Nanda Anshen Ruth Nanda Anshen was an American philosopher, author and editor.She was the author of several books including The Anatomy of Evil, Biography of An Idea, Morals Equals Manners and The Mystery of Consciousness: A Prescription for Human Survival.Anshen was the editor of several series of books,...	1900–2003	103	American philosopher, author and editor
Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method .-Life:...	1900–2002	102	German philosopher
Errol Harris Errol Harris Errol Eustace Harris was a contemporary South African philosopher. His work focused on developing a systematic and coherent account of the logic, metaphysics, and epistemology implicit in contemporary understanding of the world...	1908–2009	101	South African philosopher and author
Charles Hartshorne Charles Hartshorne Charles Hartshorne was a prominent American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of St. Anselm's Ontological Argument...	1897–2000	103	American pioneer of process theology Process theology Process theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and further developed by Charles Hartshorne . While there are process theologies that are similar, but unrelated to the work of Whitehead the term is generally applied to the...
Karl Holzamer Karl Holzamer Johannes Karl Holzamer was a German philosopher, pedagogue and former director general of the German television station ZDF.- Life :...	1906–2007	100	German philosopher and director general of ZDF ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
Sir William Mitchell William Mitchell (philosopher) Sir William Mitchell was Professor of English Language, Literature and Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Adelaide from 1894–1922, Vice-Chancellor 1916–1942 and Chancellor 1942–1948....	1861–1962	101	Australian philosopher, professor and author
Oswald von Nell-Breuning Oswald von Nell-Breuning Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ was a Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist.Born in Trier, Germany into an aristocratic family, Nell-Breuning was ordained in 1921 and appointed Professor of Ethics at the University of Frankfurt am Main in 1928...	1861–1962	101	German Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... theologian Theology Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo... and sociologist
Alfred Vaucher Alfred Vaucher Alfred-Felix Vaucher was a French theologian, church historian and bibliographer. He was a pioneer in the history and study of Seventh-day Adventism.Preaching his first sermon at age 14, Vaucher studied at a church in Paris...	1887–1993	106	French theologian and church historian
Paul Weiss Paul Weiss (philosopher) Paul Weiss was an American philosopher.-Background:Paul Weiss grew up on the lower east side of New York City. His father, Samuel Weiss , was a Hungarian emigrant who moved from Europe in the 1890s. He worked as a tinsmith, a coppersmith, and a boilermaker. Paul Weiss's mother, Emma Rothschild ...	1901–2002	101	American philosopher

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