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disease of the heart and the l2th OF juno. at
an ge compsratiyely Unbalanced he died Of his Ies
dence in the ancient University which he adorned
by his genns and enliyened by his social presence.
lie was the son of John fcrrer Writer TO the sgnet
and Margaret Wilson. sister of "Chrstopher North"
and was born in Edinboryugh In leOS. HIS grand
father was colleague TO Sir Walter Scott Cerko tire
Court of Session; and his auut was Miss FeTrier aa
thor Of the novels Marriage" Destiny" etc. which,
for time divided the attention Of the world with those
of the author Of "Wayerley." he commenced
his university career at Edinburgh and was
there brought under the powerful influence Of
bis uncle Professor Wilson, then holding
the chair which had been held by Dugald Stewart aud
Thomas Brown and welding at will. the spirits VI
his students From Edinburgh he passed to Aagdslen
College, Oxford where in 1892 be graduated b. A. in
tho same year he was called to the Scottish bar. he
never cared much for emnence in that profession
but devoted himself with assduity to literary pur-
suits. He became OF tie brilliant writers on tho
staff of Biackwoods Magazine and furnished some Of
it's finest papers IN many departments OF literature. In
soourn Oh the Continent he became conyersans with
the philosophy Of Germany and France and enaBored
with the studies which presented TO an active
mind by the Characteristic speculatons OF these
tries OF his more memorable papers in Backsood
arc a series on Tho Philosophy of Consciousnessv
articles on MINIS Logic" "BerkeleyanisIa RelaS
"IbSory q Perception" and critique on Baileys
.Tbeory ~ risiOnT Hc also passed in review tho
chief works Of Goethe and Sc ueGn consideration Of
which Sir Edward Bulwer Ly ton dedcat6a IL trans
ations from the German TO him. He alsoeKposed man
able but sarcastic paper, tie extensive and almost
wholesale use made by COIerdge Of the writings Of
Scheling In 1912 he chosen by the Faculty Of Ad
yocates Professor Of Univ ersa History in the Uni.
yersty shortly afterward be married bis COUSIN tho
daughter " Professor John Wilson. IN s45 It Senatus
Acalemicus Of ST. Andrews appointed him Professor Of
Moral Philosophy and Political Econom, Here he Ia
bored with zeal eloquence and lear ing in mpressing
the taste for phosophi2ing hi Students AID IN eI
citing their interest in the his ry OF thought On the
resignation OF his father alaw in 1882 Professor For
rier became O e'.ndidste for the vacant Moral
Philosophy eh'Ar in Edinburgh The appoint
ment theh ny in the hands of the members o.
the Io~'. Council. and they preferred another
ms rejection put bin on his meuie' and hs
pfoaucsd in 1854 his singularly acute, fesolute and
original work entitled Institutes OF Meaphy sics The
Theory of Knowing and Being" Two years ei'erSard
the death of Sir William Hamilton left Secaney Ia the
Logic Chair Of Edinburgh University and Professor
Forrier became a candidate The contest was very
fierce \ goodly number VI able men were eandilaies
but the heat Of the competition lay between Frer and
the present holder Of the chair Professor Fraser who
obtained the majority Of votes FerEiers attack upon
his antagonists aud his defense Of himself after BIZ
failure In his pamphlet entitled Scottish Philosophy
the Old and the New. though exceedingly able, weIe
injudcious. His courses Of lectures at ST. Andrews
were sngulary well arranged and exhaustive. lie had
but recently added to his former projections His
tory of Philosophical Opinions Of great interest Win
much of the gayey OF Professor Wilson, he combined
great deal Of the phosophic learning ofsir William
Hamilton.
4 The Rev. William Cureton, ID. d., Canon OK
Westminster and Rector Of ST. MargareFs one Of the
small group Of Europes greatest Oriental scholars died
on Friday Junel7 Born in 1908 and educated at Chri
Church, Oxford, no ordained priest In 1854, and
was for time subbrsrlan of the Bodieian. In 1851
he became assistant keeper Of the MSS in the British
Mus.um which post he retained TIL 1919 when he Sas
appointed 10 n canonry Of Westminster snd TO tie
attached rectorshp Of the parish Of st. Mafgsre's
Two years before that date he had been appointed chap
lain ordinary TO the Queen. Recently he received
the h honor Of being appointed TO special or royal
trlsteeship OF the British Museum. He was also fei
low Of tie Roy al Society. honorary d. u. OF Halle.
corresponding member Of the Institute OF France, and
member of the Asatlc Society OF Paris the Oriental
Society of Germany. and many other Continental 50.
cietes These honos he owed his great reputation
al Orientalist and especially a Syriac scholar. II
Is more than twenty years since this rspntatioE
was formed by publications Of his whilo be 50
official in the British Museum. His CORPUS Ignatis.
nun" edition of an ancient Syrao version OF tie
Epstles OF ST. Ignstius, with commentaries thereon
was published in lsi5 aid gave rise TO an interesting
controversy Among his subsequent works
edition Of palimpsest Of parts Of Homer fouDd in an
Eastern convent, and his "Spicilegium Syriseum'
published in ls55. lie was understood to be engsges
on some work connected with ST. Matthews Gospel al
the time OF his death. About year ago DIR. Curetoa
sustained a severe shock from a railway soei
dent near Streaham dor hich he obtained t3l70 In
compensation, and bis health had suffered ever since
Among bis greatest admirers the late Prince
CoxSort and Baron Bunsen, to the first Of whom, is
understood he owed his prcferment in the church. 40
parish clergyman Dr. Cureton is said 10 have been
quite ont of his element He specifically the great
est Syriac scholar in Britain.
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