Background
Stewart, Michael Alexander was born on October 21, 1937 in Norwich, England. Son of Duncan Percy and Mary Phyllis (Skelton) Stewart.
Stewart, Michael Alexander was born on October 21, 1937 in Norwich, England. Son of Duncan Percy and Mary Phyllis (Skelton) Stewart.
Master of Arts, University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965.
Teaching fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1961-1963;
lecturer, Brooklyn College, 1963-1964;
lecturer, U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1964-1965;
lecturer, Lancaster (United Kingdom) U., 1965-1977;
senior lecturer, Lancaster (United Kingdom) U., 1977-1993;
professor of history of philosophy, Lancaster (United Kingdom) U., 1993-1997;
research professor, Lancaster (United Kingdom) U., since 1997. General editor Oxford Studies in History of Philosophy, since 1990, Clarendonedition of The Works of John Locke, Oxford, United Kingdom, since 1992, Edinburgh (United Kingdom) Studies in Intellectual History, since 1993. Joint general editor The Philosophical, Political and Literature Works of David Hume, Oxford, United Kingdom, since 1992.
Visiting fellow Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh, 1981-1983, 86, 95, Research School Social Sciences, Australian National U., Canberra, 1991-1992, 96.
Member British Society for History of Philosophy (chairman 1984-1991), Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society (president 1998-2000), Mind Association (publications officer since 1988), Royal Institute Philosophy (member council since 1986).