Background
CALDWELL, William was born in November 1863 in Edinburgh.
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William CALDWELL
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Education
Studied at Daniel Stewart’s Institution, and University, Edinburgh (1st Class Honours in Philosophy, 1886). Postgraduate study in Germany, Paris, Cambridge, 91. Degree Doctor Mental and Moral Science, Edinburgh.
Bruce of Grangehill Scholar and Medallist, Edinburgh, 1886.
Sir William Hamilton Fellow, Edinburgh, 1887-1890. Master of Arts; Doctor of Science.
Career
Assistant Professor Logic and Metaphysics, Edinburgh, 18S7-88. Ferguson Scholar in Philosophy, 1SS7. Gained Shaw Fellowship in Mental Philosophy (highest academic distinction in [Scotland).
Government Examiner in Philosophy, Saint Andrews, 1889-1892.
Called to Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University, New York, 1891. To University of Chicago, 1892.
Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy, North-Western University, 1894-1903. Official and member American Psychological and Philosophical Associations.
Sir William Macdonald Professor of Moral Philosophy,McGill University, Montreal, since 1903.
