Michael John Petry (9 May 1933London – 2003) was a professor of history of philosophy at theErasmus University Rotterdam.^[1][2]

Born in 1931, Petry received his early education atReading Blue Coat School (1944–1949) and later atReading School andPembroke College, Oxford (1949–1952). He earned a B.A. in Modern History in 1955, followed by a Diploma in Education in 1956, and an M.A. in Modern History in 1962. In 1969, he was awarded a Dr. phil. for his dissertationHegel’s Philosophy of Nature, with Special Reference to its Mechanics, supervised by FatherF. C. Copleston.^[2]

His academic career began with roles as Lecturer in English Language and Literature at theBritish Council in Stockholm, Sweden (1953–1960), and at theInternational People's College inHelsingør, Denmark (1960–1967). He then taught at theUniversity of Bochum, Germany (1970–1974), before becoming Professor of the History of Philosophy at Erasmus University,Rotterdam, Netherlands, a position he held from 1974 until his retirement in 1998.^[2]

• Petry, Michael John, ed. (1993).Hegel and Newtonianism.doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1662-6.ISBN 978-94-010-4726-5.^[3][4]
• Petry, Michael John (1987).Hegel und die Naturwissenschaften (in German). Frommann-Holzboog.ISBN 978-3-7728-1146-3.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}
• Horstmann, Rolf-Peter; Petry, Michael John (1986).Hegels Philosophie der Natur: Beziehungen zwischen empirischer und spekulativer Naturerkenntnis (in German). Klett-Cotta.ISBN 978-3-608-91408-5.^[6][12]

• Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Freidrich (1970). Petry, M. J. (ed.).Hegel's Philosophy of Nature (1 ed.). Routledge.doi:10.1201/9781315830322.ISBN 978-1-315-83032-2.^[13][14]
• Hegel, G W F (1970).Hegel's Philosophy of Nature: Volume II Edited by M J Petry (0 ed.). Routledge.doi:10.4324/9781315830315.ISBN 978-1-315-83031-5.
• Hegel, G.W.F. (1970). Petry, M.J. (ed.).Hegel's Philosophy of Nature (0 ed.). Routledge.doi:10.4324/9781315823522.ISBN 978-1-317-83213-3.^[15]
• Petry, M. J. (1978).Hegels Philosophie des subjektiven Geistes / Hegel's Philosophy of Subjective Spirit.doi:10.1007/978-94-010-9371-2.ISBN 978-94-010-9373-6.^[16]
• Hegel, G. W. F. (1981). Petry, M. J. (ed.).The Berlin Phenomenology/Die Berliner Phänomenologie.doi:10.1007/978-94-009-8387-8.ISBN 978-90-277-1208-0.
• Spinoza, Baruch de (1982-01-01).Algebraische Berechnung des Regenbogens - Berechnung von Wahrscheinlichkeiten: Sämtliche Werke, Ergänzungsband. Zweisprachige Ausgabe (in German). Felix Meiner Verlag.ISBN 978-3-7873-3289-2.^[17]

• Petry, Michael John (1981)."Hegels Naturphilosophie: die Notwendigkeit einer Neubewertung".Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung.35 (3/4):614–628.ISSN 0044-3301.JSTOR 20483154.

• Hegel scholars
• 1933 births
• Alumni of the University of Oxford
• Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam
• 2003 deaths

• Articles with hCards
• CS1 German-language sources (de)