Shapland Hugh Swinny
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Shapland Hugh Swinny was an Irish economist and Comtean positivist.
Shapland Hugh Swinny was born in Dublin in 1857, the son of Captain Shapland Swiny. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge
, graduating B.A. in 1880 and M.A. in 1884.
He joined the London Positivist Society
immediately after graduating from Cambridge and succeeded Edward Spencer Beesly
as President of the London Positivist Society (1901–1923). He also was editor of the Positivist Review .
He was the Chairman of the Council of the Sociological Society from 1907 to 1909.
He was a co-founder of the Church of Humanity
, together with Philip Thomas
.
Swinny was a personal friend of several Indian nationalists, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak
.
Shapland Hugh Swinny died in 1923.
Shapland Hugh Swinny was born in Dublin in 1857, the son of Captain Shapland Swiny. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, graduating B.A. in 1880 and M.A. in 1884.
He joined the London Positivist Society
London Positivist Society
The London Positivist Society was a philosophical circle that met in London, England, between 1867 and 1974. In 1934 it merged with the English Positivist Committee...
immediately after graduating from Cambridge and succeeded Edward Spencer Beesly
Edward Spencer Beesly
Edward Spencer Beesly , English historian and positivist, son of the Rev. James Beesly, was born at Feckenham, Worcestershire.- Life :...
as President of the London Positivist Society (1901–1923). He also was editor of the Positivist Review .
He was the Chairman of the Council of the Sociological Society from 1907 to 1909.
He was a co-founder of the Church of Humanity
Church of Humanity
Church of Humanity was a positivist church influenced by Auguste Comte's "religion of humanity." Comte's "religion of humanity" in France, although small, inspired the rise of the "Church of Humanity" in England. It also had a branch or variant in New York City. Richard Congreve of the London...
, together with Philip Thomas
Philip Thomas
Philip Francis Thomas was an American lawyer and politician.Born in Easton, Maryland, he graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in 1830. He studied law and became a lawyer in Easton. He was a delegate to the Maryland's constitutional convention in 1836 and a member of the Maryland House...
.
Swinny was a personal friend of several Indian nationalists, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lokmanya Tilak –, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called the great leader "Father of the Indian unrest"...
.
Shapland Hugh Swinny died in 1923.
Works
- 1890 - The history of Ireland: Three lectures, given in Newton Hall -, London 1890
- Edward Spencer BeeslyEdward Spencer BeeslyEdward Spencer Beesly , English historian and positivist, son of the Rev. James Beesly, was born at Feckenham, Worcestershire.- Life :...
& Shapland Hugh Swinny - The Positivist Review, Volumes 13-14 -, BiblioBazaar, 2010, ISBN 9-781-14910-708-9 - Frederic HarrisonFrederic HarrisonFrederic Harrison was a British jurist and historian.Born at 17 Euston Square, London, he was the son of Frederick Harrison, a stockbroker and his wife Jane, daughter of Alexander Brice, a Belfast granite merchant. He was baptised at St...
& Shapland Hugh Swinny & Francis Sydney Marvin - The New Calendar Of Great Men: Biographies Of The 559 Worthies Of All Ages And Nations In The Positivist Calendar Of Auguste Comte