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James McCosh

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British philosopher (1811–1894)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1811-04-01
Died: 1894-11-16
Works: 43

Top works

Psychology
Life of Jesus
The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral
Philosophy of Reality
Our Moral Nature, Being a Brief System of Ethics

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Total plays: 3

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Born: 1 April 1811
Died: 16 November 1894

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Instance of: human
Given name: James
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Ayrshire
Place of death: Princeton
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: University of Glasgow
Employer: Queen's University Belfast
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Princeton University

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1811 births 1894 deaths 19th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 19th-century Scottish philosophers 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers Academics of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Glasgow Members of the American Philosophical Society People from Ayrshire Presidents of Princeton University

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Religion

Presbyterianism

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James Mark Baldwin

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P1343: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P463: American Philosophical Society
P6886: English language
P3919: Popular Science
P12749: exothermic process

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John Stuart Mill

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University of Glasgow

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Scottish emigrants to the United States

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Theistic evolutionists

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Romanticism in Scotland

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Princeton University

Lawrenceville School

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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Princeton University Chapel

William Milligan Sloane

Princeton Art Museum

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

John White Alexander

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