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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dugald Stewart has received more than 189,624 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Dugald Stewart is the 1,206th most popular philosopher (down from 1,148th in 2019), the 4,524th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,093rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 20

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  • 3.03

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dugald Stewart ranks 1,206 out of 1,267. Before him are Nick Bostrom, Susan Haack, R. C. Sproul, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Alexander Tarasov, and Patricia Hill Collins. After him are Walter Kaufmann, Simon Blackburn, J. J. C. Smart, Volker Zotz, Wendy Brown, and Alister McGrath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Dugald Stewart ranks 42. Before him are William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, Edward Pigott, François Levaillant, and Nikolay Lvov. After him are William Beechey, James McHenry, William Eustis, William Roscoe, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Among people deceased in 1828, Dugald Stewart ranks 44. Before him are Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Vincenzo Monti, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Johann Christoph Wendland, Félix de Avelar Brotero, and DeWitt Clinton. After him are John Oxley, and William Few.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dugald Stewart ranks 4,524 out of 8,785. Before him are Ewen Bremner (1972), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Gerry Ashmore (1936), Marilyn Strathern (1941), Brian Robertson (1956), and Denis Lawson (1947). After him are John Eliot (1604), Tom Odell (1990), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Al Pease (1921), and Michael Foot (1913).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Dugald Stewart ranks 85. Before him are Eric A. Havelock (1903), Michael Ruse (1940), Richard Price (1723), John Major (1467), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and Susan Haack (1945). After him are Simon Blackburn (1944), J. J. C. Smart (1920), Alister McGrath (1953), George Henry Lewes (1817), John Gray (1948), and C. H. Dodd (1884).

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