#WilliamRobertScott died 3rd April 1940 in Glasgow..

Born in Omagh Co. Tyrone into a milling family, he studied in #TCD.

While there he wrote "A simple history of ancient philosophy" aimed at the general reader, and the only extant full biography of #FrancisHutcheson, coining the term "Scottish Enlightenment" and crediting Hutcheson as its father.

Moving to #GlasgowUni (as Hutcheson had before him) he became an expert in #AdamSmith & economics.

https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/08/31/william-robert-scott/

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