Dugald Stewart was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician. Today regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment, ...
Dugald Stewart
Scottish philosopher and mathematician
Dugald Stewart was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician. Today regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment, he was renowned as a populariser of the work of Francis Hutcheson and of Adam Smith. Wikipedia
Born: November 22, 1753, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: June 11, 1828 (age 74 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Place of burial: Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Education: The University of Edinburgh, The Royal High School, and University of Glasgow
Era: 18th-century philosophy
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