Michael Inwood  was an influential philosopher, well known for his works on Hegel and Heidegger, and ancient philosophy. Some of his most seminal works are Hegel (1983), A Hegel Dictionary (1992), “Does the Nothing Noth?” (1999), Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2000), “Truth and Untruth in Plato and Heidegger” (2005), A Heidegger Dictionary (2008), “Plato's Eschatological Myths” (2008), Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Translated with Introduction and Commentary (2018).

Michael Inwood retired in 2011, having been elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1967. He was also a fellow at Worcester College, Oxford (1966 - 1967).

He died peacefully at home, on Friday, December 31th, 2021, at around 8 pm.