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Description: | s.d. inscr. base "ADAM FERGUSON LLD. / AETATIS 68 1791 / Tassie F" CRE TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799) 1791 A Scottish writer and metaphysician, Ferguson was widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of sociology. He held successive chairs at the University of Edinburgh, first in Natural Philosophy (1759), then in Moral Philosophy and Pneumatics (1764). In 1767, Ferguson published his masterpiece, the "Essay on Civil Society", and helped found the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
(Dr Ailsa Boyd, 2003) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTORICAL COLLECTION : UNIVERSITY HISTORY : HISTPER : NACF : TASSIE_M : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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