Background
Hamilton, Edward John was born on November 29, 1834 in Belfast, Ireland. Son of William (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna (Patterson) H.
Hamilton, Edward John was born on November 29, 1834 in Belfast, Ireland. Son of William (Doctor of Divinity) and Anna (Patterson) H.
Bachelor of Arts, Hanover (Indiana) College, 1853, later Master of Arts Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1858. (South.T.D., Wabash College, 1877.
Doctor of Divinity, Monmouth [Illinois] College, 1877. Doctor of Laws, Hanover [Indiana] College, 1917).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1858. Pastor Oyster Bay, Long Island, 1858-1861. Evangelist Dromore, Ireland, 1862.
Chaplain 7th New Jersey Veterinary Infantry, 1863-1865.
Pastor Hamilton, O., 1866-1868. Professor mental philosophy, Hanover College, 1868-1879.
Acting professor ethics, economics, politics and logic, Princeton, 1882-1883. Professor philosophy, Hamilton College, 1883-1891.
Definer and reviewer Standard Dictionary, 1891-1894.
Professor philosophy, Whitworth College, 1894-1895. State University of Washington, 1895-1900. Author of system of metaphysical philosophy, entitled “Perceptionalism.” Author: A New Analysis in Fundamental Morals, 1870.
The Human Mind, 1883.
The Modalist, 1883; The Perceptionalist, or Mental Science, 1899. The Moral Law, or the Theory and Practice of Duty, 1902.
Rational Orthodoxy, 1917. Home: Plainfield, New Jersey.
Married Eliza Hume, September 23, 1867.