Edmund Burke (12 January 1729-9 July 1797) was an important Irish politician , and writer . He became a member of the British Parliament with the Whigs in 1765.

Burke supported the American Revolution . He opposed the French Revolution for killing Catholics and other dissenters. His most famous book was Reflections on the Revolution in France , which created many of the ideas in conservatism .

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