W. R. Boyce Gibson
William Ralph Boyce Gibson (15 March 1869 – 2 April 1935) was a British-Australian philosopher. He was an advocate of personal idealism.[1]
Biography[]
He was born in Paris, the son of Reverend William Gibson, a Methodist minister and his wife Helen Wilhelmina, daughter of William Binnington Boyce.[2]
He married Lucy Judge Peacock in 1898; they had five children including Alexander Boyce Gibson, Ralph Siward Gibson and Quentin Boyce Gibson.
Gibson died in Surrey Hills, Victoria.[1]
Selected publications[]
- A Philosophical Introduction to Ethics (1904)
- Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy of Life (1906)
- The Problem of Logic (1908, 1914)
- God with Us: A Study in Religious Idealism (1909)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Grave, S. A. "Gibson, William Ralph Boyce (1869–1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ "William Ralph Boyce Gibson". Oxford Reference. Ed. Retrieved 11 Feb. 2019.
Sources[]
- "Gibson, William Ralph Boyce," Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec. 2007, accessed 31 Jan. 2012.
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