Question: political philosopher who gave harvard's 1862 commencement
Answer: plomat 1898 : John Campbell - Gordon , 7th Earl of Aberdeen , British politician 1890 : Leslie Stephen , British author and literary critic 1886 : Lyon Playfair , 1st Baron Playfair , British politician 1884 : Richard Claverhouse Jebb , British classical scholar and politician 1878 : Frederick Hamilton - Temple - Blackwood , 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava , British politician 1875 : Thomas Carlyle , Scottish essayist and historian 1871 : George Robinson , 1st Marquess of Ripon , British politician 1862 : John Stuart Mill , British philosopher and economist 1860 : Richard Lyons , 1st Viscount Lyons , British diplomat 1858 : Francis Napier , 1st Baron Ettrick , British diplomat 1853 : James Bruce , 8th Earl of Elgin , British colonial administrator and diplomat 1846 : Thomas Grenville , British politician 1844 : Charles Lyell , British lawyer and geologist 1831 : Richard Whately , British rhetorician , logician , economist , and theologian