Archibald Garden Wernham

Scottish philosopher

Archibald Garden Wernham (4 March 1916 – 7 May 1989) was a 20th-century Scottish philosopher.[1]

Wernham was born in Kirkcaldy and educated at Robert Gordon's College; Aberdeen University; and Balliol College, Oxford. [2] He served in World War II with the Royal Artillery. He was lecturer, reader and then Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen from 1945 to 1981.[3]

References

  1. ^ Oxford Reference
  2. ^ "Wernham, Archibald Garden". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 15 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ 'Prof Archibald Wernham' The Times Monday, May 15, 1989
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