William de Burgh (philosopher)

William George de Burgh FBA (1866–1943) was an English philosopher.[2] Born 24 October 1866 in Wandsworth,[3][4] he was educated at Winchester and Merton College, Oxford.[5] He was a founding member of the University of Reading, where he became Professor of Philosophy in 1907.[4] His works include Towards a Religious Philosophy (1937),[6] From Morality to Religion (1938), and The Legacy of the Ancient World (1924).[4] A committed Anglican,[7] he endeavoured to justify the revealed truth of the gospel in terms of rationalism[4] and thereby defend it against both the contemporary Protestant theological trend for anti-rationalism and the dominant philosophy of logical positivism. He died 27 August 1943 in Toller Porcorum, Dorset.[4]

William de Burgh

FBA
Born
William George de Burgh

(1866-10-24)24 October 1866
Wandsworth,
Died27 August 1943(1943-08-27) (aged 76)
Toller Porcorum, England
Spouse(s)
Edith Mary Grace
(
m. 1897)
[1]
Academic background
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Reading
Notable worksLegacy of the Ancient World (1924)

References

Footnotes
  1. "De Burgh, William George" 2007; Knox & Creffield 2004; Sell 2015, p. 5.
  2. "De Burgh, William George" 2007.
  3. Taylor, A. E. (1943). "William George de Burgh, 1866–1943". Proceedings of the British Academy. 29: 371–372. Cited in Sell 2015, p. 3.
  4. Knox & Creffield 2004.
  5. Knox & Creffield 2004; Sell 2015, p. 4.
  6. Sell 2015, p. 8.
  7. Sell 2015, p. 24.

Bibliography
"De Burgh, William George". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U223247.
Knox, T. M.; Creffield, C. A. (2004). "Burgh, William George de (1866–1943)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32766. Retrieved 22 September 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Sell, Alan P. F. (2015) [2010]. Four Philosophical Anglicans: W. G. DeBurgh, W. R. Matthews, O. C. Quick, H. A. Hodges. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1-4982-2008-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
De Burgh, W. G. (1912). The Legacy of Greece of Rome. London: Macdonald and Evans. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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