Alexander Bain
1818–1903
Scottish philosopher and psychologist. Graduated from Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1840; stayed as assistant and teacher in philosophy. Assistant secretary, metropolitan sanitary commission of the Board of Health, London, 1846. Lecturer at Bedford College, 1851, with other posts following. Professor of logic, University of Aberdeen, 1860. Founded the journal Mind in 1876; editor until 1892. Considered a founder of modern psychology.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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