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BASCOM, JOHN (1827– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 458 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BASCOM, See also:JOHN (1827– ) , See also:American educationalist and philosophical writer, was See also:born at See also:Genoa, New See also:York, on the 1st of May 1827. He graduated at See also:Williams See also:College in 1849 and at the See also:Andover Theological See also:Seminary in 1855, was See also:professor of See also:rhetoric at Williams College from 1855 to 1874; and was See also:president of the University of See also:Wisconsin and professor of See also:mental and moral See also:philosophy there from 1874 to 1887. In 1887–1891 and in 1901–1903 he was lecturer in See also:sociology, and in 1895–5991 professor of See also:economics in Williams College. He retired in 1903. Among his publications may be mentioned: See also:Aesthetics (1862); Philosophy of Rhetoric (1865); See also:Science, Philosophy and See also:Religion (1871); Philosophy of See also:English Literature (1874); Philosophy of Religions (1876);. Problems in Philosophy (1885) ; The New See also:Theology (1891); Social Theory (1895); See also:Evolution and Religion (1896); Growth of See also:Nationality in the See also:United States (1899); and See also:God and His Goodness (1901).

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