James Hutchison Stirling

James Hutchison Stirling (22 June 1820 – 19 March 1909) was a British philosopher.

Biography

4 Laverockbank Road, Edinburgh (left)
The grave of James Hutchison Stirling, Warriston Cemetery

Stirling was born in Glasgow, and educated there and at Edinburgh, where he studied medicine, which he practised until the death of his father in 1851, after which he devoted himself to philosophy.[1]

His The Secret of Hegel (1865) gave great impetus to the study of the Hegelian philosophy both in Britain and in the United States, and was also accepted as a work of authority in Germany and Italy.[1]

Frederick Copleston (A History of Philosophy vol. VII, p. 12) wrote "...we may be inclined to smile at J. H. Stirling's picture of Hegel as the great champion of Christianity."

He lived at 4 Laverockbank Road in Trinity, Edinburgh.[2]

Stirling died in Edinburgh. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery on the north side of the city. The grave lies in the centre of the long, upper section north of the vaults.

Family

He was married to Jane Hunter Mair. They had several children.

Selected publications

Other works:[1]

More concerned with literature:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Cousin 1910.
  2. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1908-9
  3. Stirling 1890.

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