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JOHN BASCOM (1827– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 458 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN
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BASCOM (1827– )  ,
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American educationalist and philosophical writer, was
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born at
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Genoa, New
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York, on the 1st of May 1827 . He graduated at
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Williams
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College in 1849 and at the
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Andover Theological
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Seminary in 1855, was
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professor of
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rhetoric at Williams College from 1855 to 1874; and was
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president of the University of
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Wisconsin and professor of
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mental and moral
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philosophy there from 1874 to 1887 . In 1887–1891 and in 1901–1903 he was lecturer in
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sociology, and in 1895–5991 professor of
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economics in Williams College . He retired in 1903 . Among his publications may be mentioned:
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Aesthetics (1862); Philosophy of Rhetoric (1865);
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Science, Philosophy and
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Religion (1871); Philosophy of
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English Literature (1874); Philosophy of Religions (1876); . Problems in Philosophy (1885) ; The New
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Theology (1891); Social Theory (1895);
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Evolution and Religion (1896); Growth of
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Nationality in the
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United States (1899); and
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God and His Goodness (1901) .

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