John Alexander Smith | |
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| Born | 21 April 1863 |
| Died | 19 December 1939 (aged 76) Oxford, England, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | British idealism[1] |
Main interests | Ethics |
John Alexander Smith (21 April 1863 – 19 December 1939) was a British idealist philosopher, who was the Jowett Lecturer of philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford from 1896 to 1910, and Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, carrying a Fellowship at Magdalen College in the same university, from 1910 to 1935. He was born in Dingwall and died in Oxford.