Professor of Moral Philosophy (Glasgow)

The Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, which was established in 1727.^[1]

The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents.^[2] In 1727 separate chairs were instituted.^[3]

Professors of Moral Philosophy

• Gershom Carmichael MA (1727)^[4][5]
• Francis Hutcheson MA LLD (1729)
• Thomas Craigie MA (1746)
• Adam Smith MA LLD (1752)
• Thomas Reid MA DD (1764)
• Archibald Arthur MA (1796)
• James Mylne MA (1797)
• William Fleming MA DD (1839)
• Edward Caird MA DCL LLD (1866)
• Sir Henry Jones CH MA LLD LittD FBA
• Alexander Dunlop Lindsay CBE MA (1922)
• Sir Hector Hetherington GBE DL MA LLD DLitt D-es-L (1924)
• Archibald Allan Bowman MA LittD (1927)
• Sir Oliver Shewell Franks GCMG KCB CBE MA LLD (1936)
• William Gauld Maclagan MA PhD (1946)
• Robert Silcock Downie MA BPhil FRSE (1969–2000)
• Alan Brian Carter BA MA DPhil (2005–2011)
• Glen Pettigrove (2017–present)^[1][6]

See also

• List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow