Author:Robert Adamson

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Robert Adamson
(1852–1902)

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Scottish philosopher; held the chair of logic at the University of Aberdeen. Several of his lectures were published in book form following his death.

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "R. A."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "R. AD."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "R. Ad."

Works[edit]

Development of Greek Philosophy, The (1908)
Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays, The (1903)
Fichte (1881) Blackwood's Philosophical Classics
On the Philosophy of Kant (1879)

Contributions to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition[edit]

"Bacon, Francis," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (2) (1878)
"Bacon, Roger," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (2) (1878)
"Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (4) (1878)
"Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (11) (1880)

Contributions to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition[edit]

"Bacon, Francis," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
"Bacon, Roger," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with an anonymous co-author)
"Beneke, Friedrich Eduard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Berkeley, George," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
"Bonaventura, Saint," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Bruno, Giordano," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
"Butler, Joseph," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with Author:Alexander James Grieve)
"Category," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with an anonymous co-author)
"Erigena, Johannes Scotus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
"Fichte, Johann Gottlieb," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with an anonymous co-author)
"Fourier, François Charles Marie," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Gassendi, Pierre," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Hume, David," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)
"Kant, Immanuel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with an anonymous co-author)
"Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (with John Malcolm Mitchell)

Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography[edit]

Works about Adamson[edit]

"Death: Robert Adamson," in The Times (1902)
"Adamson, Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Adamson, Robert," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
"Adamson, Professor Robert," in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists (p. 9), (ed.) by Joseph McCabe, London: Watts & Co. (1920)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.