Tag: Scottish Enlightenment
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William Cunningham: Economic historian and health advocate (1849–1919)
Born in Edinburgh in 1849, Cunningham was deeply influenced by the lingering legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment. He attended the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh, studying mathematics and philosophy, then pursued theology at Trinity College, Cambridge and became an ordained Anglican priest. He served as Vicar of Great St Mary’s in Cambridge while…
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William Cullen (1710-1790)
William Cullen ranks high among the illustrious members of the Scottish Enlightenment. Friend of Adam Smith and physician of David Hume, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow and later of Edinburgh, he was appointed physician to the King in Scotland and became one of the most popular professors at the University of…