James Black Baillie
James Black Baillie | |
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Baillie in 1931 | |
| Born | James Black Baillie October 24, 1872 |
| Died | 9 June 1940 (aged 67) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Growth of Hegel's Logic (1899) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th Century Philosophy |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| School or tradition | German Idealism |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
| Main interests | |
Sir James Black Baillie, OBE (24 October 1872 – 9 June 1940) was a British moral philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He provided the first significant translation of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Mind". He is said to be the model for the character Sir John Evans in the novel The Weight of the Evidence (1944) by Michael Innes.