| LC control no. | n 79131991 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McCosh, James, 1811-1894 |
| Variant(s) | M'Cosh, James, 1811-1894 |
| Associated country | Scotland United States |
| Birth date | 1811-04-01 |
| Death date | 1894-11-16 |
| Place of birth | Straiton (South Ayrshire, Scotland) |
| Place of death | Princeton (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Philosophy Common sense--Religious aspects Teaching |
| Affiliation | Princeton University |
| Profession or occupation | University and college faculty members Clergy Philosophers College presidents |
| Found in | His Our moral nature ... 1892. His The intuitions of the mind inductively investigated, 1869: t.p. (James M'Cosh) Kirk, James A. S. Straiton's wee auld kirk, 2019: p. 98 (James McCosh (1811-1894); prominent Scottish philosopher and President of the College of New Jersey (later to become Princeton University) 1868-1888; was born at Carskeoch, Parish of Straiton, 1st April 1811; went on to graduate MA from Edinburgh in 1833; served as minister of Arbroath from 1835 to 1839; Brechin from 1839 to 1843 and the Free Church there from 1843 to 1851; from 1888 to 1894 was Lecturer of Philosophy at Princeton; he died there on 16th November 1894) |
| Associated language | eng |
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