Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
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Thomas Kingsmill Abbott was an Irish
scholar and educator. He was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College
. He took his degree in 1851 and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D. Litt from Trinity and an honorary doctorate in Divinity from the University of Glasgow
.
He occupied the chair of moral philosophy (1867-72), of biblical Greek (1875-88), and of Hebrew (1879-1900). In 1887 he was elected librarian in Trinity and, in 1900, completed what is still the only catalogue of the library's manuscript holdings. He was one of a group of Irish scholars, including J. P. Mahaffy, who made significant contributions to the dissemination and study of the works of Immanuel Kant
. His translation of Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason" remained the standard English version of the text well into the 20th century.
He was ordained a minister in the Church of Ireland
. In 1859 he married Caroline Kingsmill, eldest daughter of the penologist
Rev. Joseph Kingsmill. He died at Killiney
in Dublin on 18 December 1913.
His works include:
Irish people
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scholar and educator. He was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
. He took his degree in 1851 and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D. Litt from Trinity and an honorary doctorate in Divinity from the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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He occupied the chair of moral philosophy (1867-72), of biblical Greek (1875-88), and of Hebrew (1879-1900). In 1887 he was elected librarian in Trinity and, in 1900, completed what is still the only catalogue of the library's manuscript holdings. He was one of a group of Irish scholars, including J. P. Mahaffy, who made significant contributions to the dissemination and study of the works of Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
. His translation of Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason" remained the standard English version of the text well into the 20th century.
He was ordained a minister in the Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
. In 1859 he married Caroline Kingsmill, eldest daughter of the penologist
Penology
Penology is a section of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress criminal activities, and satisfy public opinion via an appropriate treatment regime for persons convicted of criminal offenses.The Oxford English Dictionary defines...
Rev. Joseph Kingsmill. He died at Killiney
Killiney
Killiney is a suburb of Dublin in south County Dublin, Ireland. It is within the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County. The area is by the coast, south of neighbouring Dalkey, and north to Shankill area in the most southern outskirt of Dublin....
in Dublin on 18 December 1913.
His works include:
- A collation of four important manuscripts of the Gospels : with a view to prove their common origin, and to restore the text of their archetype (Dublin: 1877)
- Kant's Introduction to Logic (fifth edition, 1878)
- Evangeliorum versio antihieronymiana ex codice Usseriano, 2 vols., 1884.
- Kant's Critique of practical reason and other works on the theory of ethics (London 1889)
- Essays chiefly on the original texts of the Old and New Testaments (1891)
- ed, The book of Trinity college, Dublin, 1591-1891, 1892.
- The Elements of Logic (third edition, 1895)
- Fundamental principles of the Metaphysics of ethics (London 1895)
- A Critical and exegetical commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians (1897)
- Catalogue of the manuscripts in Trinity College, Dublin, 7, 1900.
- Elementary Theory of the Tides (second edition, 1901)
- Catalogue of Fifteenth Century Books in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, etc. (1905)
- A translation of KantImmanuel KantImmanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
's Ethics, with a memoir (sixth edition, 1909) - Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Dublin (1921)
External links
- works of Abbott at the Internet Archive
- Dr. T. K. Abbott Dead at the New York Times, December 19, 1913