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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 26 April 1710
- Died
- 7 October 1796
- Place of birth
- Strachan
- Place of death
- Glasgow
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Reid
- Father
- Lewis Reid
- Field of work
- metaphysics, ethics
- Occupation
- philosopher, librarian, mathematician, writer, university teacher, ethicist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Religion
- Protestantism
- academic degree
- professor
- depicted by
- Rev. Thomas Reid
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Thomas Reid, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World
- educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- influenced by
- David Hume, Cicero
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- name in native language
- Thomas Reid
- notable work
- An Inquiry into the Human Mind: on the Principles of Common Sense, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind
- topic's main category
- Category:Thomas Reid (philosopher)
- writing language
- English
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