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Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"5 September 1888","date":"1888-09-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156349#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Tiruttani","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1557417"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156349#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"17 April 1975","date":"1975-04-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156349#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of 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