George Turnbull
1698 - 1748
Titles on this disk:
- author: Observations upon Liberal Education, in All its Branches
- author: The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 1: The Principles of Moral Philosophy
- author: The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 2: Christian Philosophy
About this person:
George Turnbull (1698-1748) was a lesser-known contemporary of Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith. He taught at Marischal College, Aberdeen, then became a traveling tutor, and ended his career as an Anglican clergyman, first as a chaplain to the Prince of Wales, then as a minister in Ireland. Turnbull was the first member of the Scottish Enlightenment to provide a formal treatise on the theory and practice of education.