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David George Ritchie

David George Ritchie (1853-1903), Scottish philosopher, was born at Jedburgh, son of the Rev. George Ritchie, D.D.

He had a distinguished university career at Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, and after being fellow of Jesus and tutor of Balliol was elected professor of logic and metaphysics at St Andrews. He was president of the Aristotelian Society in 1898.

Among his works are:

His Philosophical Studies was edited with a memoir by R Latta (1905).

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.