G. A. Cohen

G. A. Cohen FBA
Cohen in 1986
Born	Gerald Allan Cohen (1941-04-14)14 April 1941 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	5 August 2009(2009-08-05) (aged 68) Oxford, England
Other names	Jerry Cohen
Spouses	Margaret Pearce (m. 1965; div. 1996) Michèle Jacottet (m. 1999)
Children	3

Academic background
Alma mater	McGill University New College, Oxford
Academic advisors	Gilbert Ryle
Influences	Louis Althusser Isaiah Berlin Karl Marx John Rawls Gilbert Ryle
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
Sub-discipline	Political philosophy ethics philosophy of history social theory
School or tradition	Analytical Marxism left-libertarianism egalitarianism
Institutions	University College, London All Souls College, Oxford
Doctoral students	Cécile Fabre Will Kymlicka Michael Otsuka Seana Shiffrin
Notable students	Simon Caney Jonathan Wolff
Notable works	Karl Marx's Theory of History (1978)
Notable ideas	Distinction between a strict and lax interpretation of the difference principle egalitarian ethos
Influenced	Alan Carter Will Kymlicka John McMurtry Larry Temkin Michael Otsuka John Roemer Euclid Tsakalotos Jonathan Wolff

Gerald Allan Cohen FBA (/ˈkoʊən/ KOH-ən; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford. He was known for his work on Marxism, and later, egalitarianism and distributive justice in normative political philosophy.