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Kames, Henry Home, Lord
Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696–1782). Judge and man of letters. Son of a petty laird, educated for the Scottish bar, Kames became a lord of Session in 1752. He was a prominent member of the Edinburgh literati and an important patron whose protégés included Adam Smith and John Millar. A prolific and often acute essayist, Kames's interests ranged from metaphysics to manners, morals, jurisprudence, belles-lettres, and agricultural improvement. A friend and relative of David Hume, he provided an early and intelligent reply to his kinsman's sceptical metaphysics. A jurist, Kames was one of the first Scots to have been interested in ‘conjectural history’ of the Scottish Enlightenment. His Elements of Criticism (1762) was an early and influential textbook, widely acclaimed in the Anglo-Saxon world. He was a gregarious if overbearing man.
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JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-KamesHenryHomeLord.html JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-KamesHenryHomeLord.html |
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Kames, Henry Home, Lord
Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696–1782). Judge and man of letters. Son of a petty laird, Kames became a lord of Session in 1752. He was a prominent member of the Edinburgh literati and an important patron whose protégés included Adam Smith and John Millar. His Elements of Criticism (1762) was an early and influential textbook, widely acclaimed in the Anglo‐Saxon world.
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JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-KamesHenryHomeLord.html JOHN CANNON. "Kames, Henry Home, Lord." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-KamesHenryHomeLord.html |
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Henry Home Kames, Lord
Henry Home Kames, Lord , 1696–1782, Scottish judge and philosopher. A man of broad interests and a wide-ranging intellect, his works included dissertations on Scottish law, agriculture, and problems of moral and aesthetic philosophy. Among his writings were Introduction to the Art of Thinking (1761) and Elements of Criticism (1762). |
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"Henry Home Kames, Lord." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Henry Home Kames, Lord." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kames-He.html "Henry Home Kames, Lord." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kames-He.html |
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Home, Henry, Lord Kames
Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696–1782), Scottish judge and landowner, keenly interested in agricultural improvement and philosophy, a representative figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. His works include Elements of Criticism (1762) and Sketches of the History of Man (1774).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Home, Henry, Lord Kames." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Home, Henry, Lord Kames." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HomeHenryLordKames.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Home, Henry, Lord Kames." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-HomeHenryLordKames.html |
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