Background
STEWART, John Alexander was born on October 19, 1846. Son of late Reverend Archibald Stewart, Doctor of Divinity, Minister of Glasserton, Wigtownshire.
STEWART, John Alexander was born on October 19, 1846. Son of late Reverend Archibald Stewart, Doctor of Divinity, Minister of Glasserton, Wigtownshire.
Studied at Edinburgh University. Lincoln College Oxford. Master of Arts; Doctor of Laws.
He was a university professor and classical lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford from 1875 to 1883, White"s Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, and professorial fellow of Corpus Christi College, from 1897 to his retirement in 1927. Throughout his academic career, he was an editor and author of works on Aristotle and considered one of the foremost experts on the subject. His best known books were Notes on the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle (1892) and The Myths of Plato (1905).
Stewart took a First in Classical Moderations, 1868, and a First in Greats in 1870.
He was awarded his Master of Arts three years later. He was elected Senior Student of Christ Church, a position he held from 1870 to 1875, prior to marrying Helen J. Macmillan.
Following his graduation, he continued to teach at Christ Church and was a classical lecturer there until 1882, occasional tutor and philosophy lecturer until 1897. Over the next decade, he gradually established a formidable reputation as an authority on the ethics of Aristotle.
Among his works were the 2-volume Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle (1892) and The Myths of Plato (1905).
He was also a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica. In 1897, he was appointed White"s professor of moral philosophy at Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College. There were no children by the marriage.
Stewart died at Oxford on 27 December 1933.
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