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Henry Calderwood
1830–1897
A Scottish minister and philosopher, he spent nearly three decades shaping moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His writing brought together religion, ethics, and psychology in ways that helped define Victorian philosophical debate.
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The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880
by Henry Calderwood
About the author
Born in Peebles on 10 May 1830, he was educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh and then at the University of Edinburgh. He first prepared for the ministry and was ordained in the United Presbyterian Church, serving at Greyfriars in Glasgow before moving fully into academic life.
In 1868 he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held until his death in 1897. Alongside his university work, he became known as a clear and influential public thinker whose interests ranged across ethics, psychology, religion, and education.
His books include The Philosophy of the Infinite, Handbook of Moral Philosophy, and The Relations of Mind and Brain. Those works show his lasting interest in how human thought, conscience, and belief fit together, and they helped make him an important figure in nineteenth-century Scottish philosophy.