Samuel Alexander biography
- NAME: Samuel Alexander
- OCCUPATION: Philosopher
- BIRTH DATE: January 06, 1859
- DEATH DATE: September 13, 1938
- EDUCATION: Wesley College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Oxford University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Sydney, Australia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Manchester, England
Profile
Samuel Alexander was an Australian-born British philosopher who was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college. Born in Sydney, he left for England at age 18 in hopes of winning a scholarship. By 1882, he was working as a Fellow of Lincoln College, where he taught philosophy. Employing an unusual teaching style for his era, his works focused on the relationship between time and space.
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