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title: "Raymond Tallis"
date: "2007-05-30T00:00:00+01:00"
modified: "2007-05-30T00:00:00+01:00"
url: "https://rationalists.org.uk/contributors/raymond-tallis/"
post_id: 3381
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# Raymond Tallis

Raymond Tallis is a retired gerontologist and a prolific philosopher and author. After a long career as a medical practictioner during which he was Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester and a consultant physician in Health Care of the Elderly in Salford, he retired in 2006 to devote himself to writing. His numerous publications include[*The Enduring Significance of Parmenides: Unthinkable Thought*](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/082649952X?ie=UTF8&tag=raymontalliso-21&link_code=as3&camp=2506&creative=9298&creativeASIN=082649952X)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=raymontalliso-21&l=as2&o=2&a=082649952X) (Continuum, 2007) and [*The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey Round Your Head*](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1843546701?ie=UTF8&tag=raymontalliso-21&link_code=as3&camp=2506&creative=9298&creativeASIN=1843546701) (Atlantic, 2008). His latest book Michaelangelo’s Finger is published in January 2010 by Atlantic.