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Hugh Blair

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British philosopher

AcademicsLived 1718 to 1800 · aged 82
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Hugh Blair FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse.

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Awards 1

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Academics born in the 1710s 6

Yechezkel Landau48.6Johann II Bernoulli47.9James Steuart49.5James Burnett, Lord Monboddo47.8Emerich de Vattel49.6James Short47.7

About this person

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1718 to 1800 · aged 82
Written about in
17 languages

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