Smith, Norman Kemp Duncan

Education

Student United College 1888-1889 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1889-1890 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1890-1891 N. Phil.; Log.; Gk. 3 1891-1892 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Adv. Phil.; Eng. Lit.; Lat. 3 1892-1893 Hon. M. Phil.; Hon. Log.; Hon. Gk. 1893-1894 Hon. Log. Foundation bursar, 1888. Miller prize, 1891. Tyndall Bruce prize, Logic, 1892. Ramsay and Ferguson scholar, 1893. Bruce bursar, 1894. M.A. 6.4.1893 1st cl. hons. Mental Philosophy. D. Phil. 31.3.1903.

Birth/childhood

Born 5.5.1872 son of Andrew Watson Smith, cabinet maker, Dundee and Mary Duncan.

Attended Harris Academy, Dundee.

Career

Assistant Professor of Logic, Queen Margaret College, Glasgow.

M’Cosh Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University. [University professor]

Professor of Logic, Edinburgh University 1919 - 1945.

D.Litt., LL.D.

Publications

Death

Died 3.9.1958.

Sources

  • UYUC400:1.11.1887, 30.10.1888, 2.4.1891
  • UYUY452/22/98, 136
  • St Andrews Citizen 4.4.1903
  • Alumnus Chronicle 50 p41
  • Edinburgh University Journal 19 208 - 209
  • Deaths Reg. St Andrew, Edinburgh 1958/545