Anthony Gottlieb is a British writer and historian of ideas, best known for his two-volume history of Western philosophy, The Dream of Reason and The Dream of Enlightenment. He was a member of the editorial staff of The Economist from 1984 to 2006, serving latterly as its Executive Editor and founding editor of Economist.com. He studied philosophy at Cambridge University and University College London, and has held fellowships at All Souls College, Oxford, Harvard University, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.
