Stewart, Dugald 1753-1828
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Born 1753 · died 1828
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 was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In most contemporary documents he is referred to as Dougal Stewart.
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Some letters to and from Stewart, travel journals, 1797-1803; one or two other manuscripts and sets of notes from his lectures on moral philosophy or political economy, 1793-1794, 1797, 1801-1802, 1806-1807, 1808-1809. Edinburgh UL
Notes from his lectures on political economy, 1803-1804. National Library of Scotland (NLS), MS. 3771.
Notes from his lectures on political economy, 1806. London UL, MS. 150.
Two volumes of notes from his lectures on moral philosophy, 1785-1786. Aberdeen UL
Notes from his lectures on political economy, 1802-1803 (in the handwriting of Lord Palmerston). Library of the Museum of London.
Notes from his lectures on political economy, 1802-1803. Seligman collection, Columbia UL, New York.
Correspondents
HENRY PETER BROUGHAM, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, two letters, 1811. Brougham papers, University College London (UCL)
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE, several letters, 1809-1820. NLS, MS. 675.
BARON DE GERANDO, 1792-1816. NLS, MS. 5319.
F. W. GILMER, two letters, 1824. Gilmer family papers, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville.
JOHN HALKETT, three letters, 1817. NLS, MS. 546.
LADY JANE HOME , a few letters, 1777-1786. Home MSS., National Register of Archives (NRA) 10169.
SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, two letters, 1812 and n.d. BL Add. MSS. 52451-52452.
JOHN MANDERSTON, six items, 1820. BL Add. MS. 34612.
MACVEY NAPIER, ten letters, 1811-1820. BL Add. MSS. 34611-34612.
ADAM SMITH, one letter, n.d. GULSC.
JOHN STARK, nine letters, 1810-1820. Edinburgh UL
Printed Material
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart , ed. Sir William Hamilton, 11 vols. (Edinburgh, 1854-1860).
MATTHEW STEWART, Memoir of the Late Dugald Stewart (Edinburgh) 1838).
GORDON MACINTYRE, Dugald Stewart; The Pride and Ornament of Scotland ( Brighton, 2003)
New Palgrave; ODNB
Portraits: see Collected Works and M. Stewart (above).