Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on January 6th, 1859 and is the Philosopher. At the age of 79, Samuel Alexander biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Samuel Alexander (born 1859 – 13 September 1938) was an Australian-born British philosopher.
He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college.
Early life
Alexander was born in 436 George Street, Sydney's industrial heart. Eliza née Sloman and Samuel Alexander, a wealthy saddler, were his third sons. Both parents were Jewish. His father died before he was born, and Eliza moved to the nearby colony of Victoria in 1863 or 1864. Alexander was sent by a Mr Atkinson to live in St Kilda, and he was placed in a private school run by a Mr Atkinson.
He was sent to Wesley College, Melbourne, in 1871, then under Martin Howy Irving's headmastership, and was always grateful for the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of his education. He matriculated at the University of Melbourne in 1875 to study literature. In his first and second years, he was in first and second classes and was rated in the classical and mathematical exhibitions (top of year) in his first year. He won the exhibitions in Greek, Latin and English; mathematics and natural philosophy; and natural science in his second year.
Alexander left England in May 1877 in the hopes of winning a scholarship, but he died in August. He was initially undecided whether to go to Oxford or Cambridge, but he chose Oxford and waited for a scholarship at Balliol College. George Curzon and J. W. Mackail were two of the competitors. Alexander obtained second place after Mackail and received a scholarship, despite his tutor's misgivings of his prospects.
He earned his first class in classical and mathematical moderations at Oxford, a rare achievement, as well as a first class in literae humaniores, his final examination for the degree of BA in 1881. The philosopher T. H. Green and Henry Nettleship, both of whom had a huge influence on his early work, were two of his tutors.