Global InformationJohn Alexander Smith information
John Alexander Smith | |
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| Born | 21 April 1863 Dingwall, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 19 December 1939 (aged 76) Oxford, England, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | British idealism[1] |
Main interests | Ethics |
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John Alexander Smith (21 April 1863 – 19 December 1939) was a British idealist philosopher, who was the Jowett Lecturer of philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford from 1896 to 1910, and Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, carrying a Fellowship at Magdalen College in the same university, from 1910 to 1936. He was born in Dingwall and died in Oxford.
- ^ a b c W. J. Mander, British Idealism: A History, Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 532.