Philosopher. Born Ulster of Scottish heritage. Studied in Glasgow. Best known for 'An Inquiry Into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: In Two Treatises 1.Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design 2.Concerning Moral Good and Evil' published in 1725. Died on a visit to Dublin, on his birthday, of a fever.
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Francis Hutcheson
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Princess Diana - Serpentine Gallery
"The beauty of trees..." is a quotation from Hutcheson.
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Sir Julian Huxley
Zoologist and philosopher. Born 61 Russell Square. Son of Leonard Huxley and grandson of zoologist Thomas Huxley. Brother of novelist Aldous Huxley. Researched in support of Darwin's theory of e...
2 memorials
Evelyn Underhill
Christian mystic, novelist and pacifist. Born Wolverhampton. 1907 married the barrister Hubert Stuart Moore, whom she had known since childhood, with no issue. Died Hampstead.
1 memorial
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Scholar and Humanist. Born at Langham Chambers, near Oxford Circus. Although qualified as a doctor, he decided to follow an academic career. He lectured at Cambridge and in 1896 published 'The Gree...
1 memorial
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, logician, essayist, social critic and campaigner for peace. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was third Earl Russell. Born Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire. A bad start in life - his...
3 memorials
Swami Vivekananda
Philosopher and sage. Born as Narendra Nath Datta in Calcutta. He became a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahasa and travelled extensively, mainly to Britain and the U.S.A., promoting his religious be...
Person, Philosophy, Religion, India, USA
1 memorial
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