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Birth Name:

John Ralston Saul

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Jun 19, 1947

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Age:

76

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

27°

Gem

31'

About John Ralston Saul

John Ralston Saul CC OOnt (born June 19, 1947) is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and critiques of the prevailing economic paradigm. He is a champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International, an association of writers. Saul is the co-founder and co-chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a national charity promoting the inclusion of new citizens. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of 6 Degrees, the global forum for inclusion. Saul is also the husband to the former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, making him the Viceregal consort of Canada during most of her service (1999–2005).

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Institute for Canadian Citizenship

• Interview with Mother Jones, November 9, 2005

• John Ralston Saul's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia

• "Canada's Spiritual Quest", Adbusters magazine

• "The prophet of anti-globalism" (interview), The Guardian, June 9, 2005

• Good governance as the Key to Gross National Happiness, keynote speech by John Ralston Saul at Rethinking Development (GNH2) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, June 23, 2005.

• Interview with Scott London from the radio series "Insight and Outlook"

• Full text and streaming audio and another transcript of Citizenship vs the Reigning Linear Trap, a public lecture given at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, August 29, 1999

• Full text and streaming audio and another transcript of Globalisation and Democracy, a public lecture given at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, January 1999

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for John Ralston Saul: Sun 27 Gemini, Moon 8 Cancer, Mercury 22 Cancer, Venus 6 Gemini, Mars 21 Taurus, Jupiter 18 Scorpio, Saturn 6 Leo, Uranus 22 Gemini, Neptune 8 Libra, Pluto 11 Leo, Sun Conjunct Uranus, Sun Semi Square Pluto, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Trine Neptune, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Semi Square Uranus, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Saturn Conjunct Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to John Ralston Saul: Living people, Alumni of Kings College London, Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1947 births, 20th-century Canadian male writers, McGill University alumni, Members of the Order of Ontario, June 19 births, Canadian political writers, 20th-century Canadian novelists, Canadian male non-fiction writers, Companions of the Order of Canada, 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers, Writers from Ottawa, Governor Generals Award-winning non-fiction writers, Canadian male novelists, Canadian humanists, Canadian political philosophers, 20th-century Canadian philosophers, Canadian social commentators, 21st-century Canadian philosophers, Canadian viceregal consorts, PEN International