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Stewart (DUGALD a Scotch philosopher)

DUGALD, a Scotch philosopher; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 22, 1753; was educated in Edinburgh and attended the lectures of Dr. Reid in Glasgow. In 1772 he began to assist his father who was Professor of Mathematics in Edinburgh University, being appointed joint-professor three years afterward. In 1778 he agreed to lecture also as a substitute for Adam Ferguson in the chair of moral philosophy, and in 1785 when the latter resigned, Dugald Stewart received the appointment. Besides holding this position for a quarter of a century, from which he spread a fine intellectual and moral influence, Stewart was the author of "Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind" (1792-1827), "Outlines of Moral Philosophy" (1793), and accounts of the "Life and Writings of Adam Smith," of Dr. Robertson, and of Dr.

Reid. He died in 1828.