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Dugald Stewart was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician. Today regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment, he was renowned as a populariser of the work of Francis Hutcheson and of Adam Smith. Trained in mathematics, medicine and philosophy, his lectures at the University of Edinburgh were widely disseminated by his many influential students. In 1783 he wa…
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science · Scottish philosopher and mathematician (1753–1828) · mathematician · historian · philosopher · university teacher · writer · also Dugald Stewart, Dugald Stewart of Catrine, Stewart
Born 22 November 1753 · Died 11 June 1828 · Q218254
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“imbibed the classical tradition of republican theory, in its most famous English embodiment in the works of John Locke, and its contemporary reincarnation in the works of Richard Price and Joseph Priestley”
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Published “The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews” in BMJ — cited 87,001 times.
Published “RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials” in BMJ — cited 26,056 times.
Published “PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation” in Annals of Internal Medicine — cited 36,957 times.
Published “Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement” in Systematic Reviews — cited 21,191 times.
Published “Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation” in BMJ — cited 10,349 times.
Published “The missing memristor found” in Nature — cited 10,696 times.
Published “The Sequence of the Human Genome” in Science — cited 10,215 times.
Published “Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections” in Science — cited 9,990 times.
Published “Development and use of quantum mechanical molecular models. 76. AM1: a new general purpose quantum mechanical molecular model” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 11,845 times.
His sister, Janet Stewart, married Rev Thomas Miller of Cumnock, and they were parents to Dr Patrick Miller FRSE (1782-1871).
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And of great public note, a monument was erected by the city on Calton Hill
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Died 1828-06-11.
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Published the third volume of the Elements, and in 1828, a few weeks before his death, The Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers
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Was struck with paralysis, but recovered a fair degree of health, sufficient to enable him to resume his studies
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Stewart retired altogether from the professorship
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Appeared the Philosophical Essays, in 1814 the second volume of the Elements, in 1815 the first part and in 1821 the second part of the "Dissertation" written for the Encyclopædia Britannica Supplement, entitled "A Gener
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Brought about his retirement from the active duties of his chair
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Stewart received in lieu of a pension the nominal office of the writership of the Edinburgh Gazette, with a salary of £300
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Stewart published pamphlets defending John Leslie against the charges of unorthodoxy made by the presbytery of Edinburgh
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Studied at University of Glasgow (1771–1772).
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Studied at University of Edinburgh (1765–1771).
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Studied at Royal High School (1761–1765).
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Born 1753-11-22.
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