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Dugald Stewart

1753 - 1828

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Dugald Stewart (; 22 November 1753 – 11 June 1828) 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. Trained in mathematics, medicine and philosophy, his lectures at the University of Edinburgh were widely disseminated by his many influential students. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dugald Stewart is the 1,118th most popular philosopher (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 3,649th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,525th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dugald Stewart ranks 1,118 out of 1,267. Before him are Aleksei Losev, W. D. Ross, Dimitri Kitsikis, Josef Pieper, Michael Ruse, and Michał Heller. After him are William Lane Craig, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Marsilius of Inghen, David Chalmers, Sphaerus, and Mario Tronti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Dugald Stewart ranks 39. Before him are Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Nicolas Dalayrac, William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, and John Soane. After him are Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, James McHenry, William Beechey, and William Roscoe. Among people deceased in 1828, Dugald Stewart ranks 38. Before him are Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Thomas Bewick, Manuel Dorrego, Vincenzo Monti, and Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. After him are Albrecht Thaer, Johann Christoph Wendland, DeWitt Clinton, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Michael von Kienmayer, and John Oxley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dugald Stewart ranks 3,650 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Weller (1958), Graham Sutherland (1903), Thomas Nashe (1567), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Charles Winslow (1888), and Frank Wild (1873). After him are William Thomas Blanford (1832), Isaac Watts (1674), William Hopkins (1793), Diana Dors (1931), Dave Davies (1947), and Harry Patch (1898).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Dugald Stewart ranks 79. Before him are Carole Pateman (1940), John Scott Haldane (1860), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), John Hick (1922), W. D. Ross (1877), and Michael Ruse (1940). After him are Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), Walter Burley (1275), Nick Land (1962), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), and Richard Price (1723).

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