Background
Gershom Carmichael was a Scottish subject born in London, the son of Alexander Charmichael, a Church of Scotland minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for his religious opinions.
philosopher university professor
Gershom Carmichael was a Scottish subject born in London, the son of Alexander Charmichael, a Church of Scotland minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for his religious opinions.
University of Edinburgh.
As a child, he suffered from crooked limbs (probably rickets) and was treated by "body menders" who made him wear limb braces. Carmichael graduated at Edinburgh University in 1691, and became a regent at Street Andrews. In 1694 he was elected a master in the university of Glasgow – an office that was converted into the professorship of moral philosophy in 1727, when the system of masters was abolished at Glasgow.
He died in Glasgow.
Quotations: "the real founder of the Scottish school of philosophy.".