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Robert Mark Wenley
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Prof '''Robert Mark Wenley''' [[FRSE]] DCL LLD (1861–1929) was a 19th/20th-century Scottish philosopher.
==Life==
[[File:Buccleuch Place - geograph.org.uk - 1316146.jpg|thumb|300px|Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh]]
[[File:1-12 Lynedoch Place, Glasgow LB32222.jpg|thumb|300px|Lynedoch Place, Glasgow]]
He was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 19 July 1861 the son of James Adams Wenley [[FRSE]] (1841-1902), Treasurer of the [[Bank of Scotland]], and his wife, Jemima Isabella Veitch. The family lived at 4 Buccleuch Place, just south of [[George Square, Edinburgh]].<ref>Edinburgh Post OFfice Directory 1861</ref>
In 1869 his father obtained a senior position as Bank Manager in [[Glasgow]] and the family relocated to 8 Lynedoch Place, a then-new, mid-terraced townhouse in the [[Kelvingrove]] district.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1870</ref> Robert was educated at Park school and [[Glasgow High School]].
He studied [[Philosophy]] at [[Glasgow University]] under [[John Veitch (poet)|Prof John Veitch]], his mother's cousin, and under [[Edward Caird|Edward]] and [[John Caird (theologian)|John Caird]]. He graduated MA in 1884. He was a Fellow at the university until 1888 then went to [[Edinburgh University]] to gain a doctorate (DSc) in 1891. From 1888 he was also lecturing in Logic and Moral Philosophy at [[Queen Margaret College, Glasgow]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2KfvF0U>
In 1896 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Simon Somerville Laurie]], [[Henry Calderwood]], [[Alexander Crum Brown]], and [[Alexander Buchan (meteorologist)|Alexander Buchan]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1896 he accepted a post as Professor of Philosophy at the [[University of Michigan]].
He died on 29 March 1929 at [[Ann Arbor]] in [[Michigan]].<ref>The Times (obituary) 1 April 1929</ref>
==Family==
In 1891 in Glasgow he married Catherine Dickson Gibson. They had five children. In America he stated his marriage was in 1889 to disguise the illegitimate birth of their first child in 1890.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Publications==
*''[[Socrates]] and Christ'' (1889)
*''Monism and Dualism'' (1895) with Veitch
*''Aspects of Pessimism'' (1897)
*''Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'' (1897)
*''The Preparation of Christianity in the Ancient World'' (1898)
*''The Anarchist Ideal''
*''The Life of [[Robert Flint]]''
*''The Life and Work of [[George Sylvester Morris]]''
*''Stoicism and its Influence''
*''The Poetry of John Davidson''
*''Contemporary Theology and Theism''
*''The University Extension Programme in Scotland''
*''[[John Dalton]]: The Founder of Modern Atomic Theory''
*''[[Marian Evans]] and [[George Eliot]]''
==References==
[[Category:1861 births]]
[[Category:1929 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow]]
[[Category:Scottish philosophers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
==Life==
[[File:Buccleuch Place - geograph.org.uk - 1316146.jpg|thumb|300px|Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh]]
[[File:1-12 Lynedoch Place, Glasgow LB32222.jpg|thumb|300px|Lynedoch Place, Glasgow]]
He was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 19 July 1861 the son of James Adams Wenley [[FRSE]] (1841-1902), Treasurer of the [[Bank of Scotland]], and his wife, Jemima Isabella Veitch. The family lived at 4 Buccleuch Place, just south of [[George Square, Edinburgh]].<ref>Edinburgh Post OFfice Directory 1861</ref>
In 1869 his father obtained a senior position as Bank Manager in [[Glasgow]] and the family relocated to 8 Lynedoch Place, a then-new, mid-terraced townhouse in the [[Kelvingrove]] district.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1870</ref> Robert was educated at Park school and [[Glasgow High School]].
He studied [[Philosophy]] at [[Glasgow University]] under [[John Veitch (poet)|Prof John Veitch]], his mother's cousin, and under [[Edward Caird|Edward]] and [[John Caird (theologian)|John Caird]]. He graduated MA in 1884. He was a Fellow at the university until 1888 then went to [[Edinburgh University]] to gain a doctorate (DSc) in 1891. From 1888 he was also lecturing in Logic and Moral Philosophy at [[Queen Margaret College, Glasgow]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2KfvF0U>
In 1896 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Simon Somerville Laurie]], [[Henry Calderwood]], [[Alexander Crum Brown]], and [[Alexander Buchan (meteorologist)|Alexander Buchan]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1896 he accepted a post as Professor of Philosophy at the [[University of Michigan]].
He died on 29 March 1929 at [[Ann Arbor]] in [[Michigan]].<ref>The Times (obituary) 1 April 1929</ref>
==Family==
In 1891 in Glasgow he married Catherine Dickson Gibson. They had five children. In America he stated his marriage was in 1889 to disguise the illegitimate birth of their first child in 1890.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Publications==
*''[[Socrates]] and Christ'' (1889)
*''Monism and Dualism'' (1895) with Veitch
*''Aspects of Pessimism'' (1897)
*''Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'' (1897)
*''The Preparation of Christianity in the Ancient World'' (1898)
*''The Anarchist Ideal''
*''The Life of [[Robert Flint]]''
*''The Life and Work of [[George Sylvester Morris]]''
*''Stoicism and its Influence''
*''The Poetry of John Davidson''
*''Contemporary Theology and Theism''
*''The University Extension Programme in Scotland''
*''[[John Dalton]]: The Founder of Modern Atomic Theory''
*''[[Marian Evans]] and [[George Eliot]]''
==References==
[[Category:1861 births]]
[[Category:1929 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow]]
[[Category:Scottish philosophers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
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