John Alexander Smith
British idealist philosopher (1863-1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | (1863-04-21)21 April 1863 |
Died | 19 December 1939(1939-12-19) (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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