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NETTLESHIP, RICHARD LEWIS (1846-1892)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 422 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NETTLESHIP, See also:RICHARD See also:LEWIS (1846-1892) , See also:English philosopher, youngest See also:brother of See also:Henry Nettleship, was See also:born on the 17th of See also:December 1846, and educated at See also:Uppingham and Balliol See also:College, See also:Oxford, where he held a scholarship. He won the See also:Hertford scholarship, the See also:Ireland, the See also:Gaisford See also:Greek See also:verse See also:prize, a See also:Craven scholarship and the See also:Arnold prize, but took only a second class in Litterae Humaniores. He became See also:fellow and See also:tutor of his college and succeeded to the See also:work of T. H. See also:Green, whose writings he edited with a memoir (See also:London, 188o). He See also:left an unfinished work on See also:Plato, See also:part of which was published after his See also:death, together with his lectures on See also:logic and some essays. His thought was idealistic and Hegelian. His See also:literary See also:style was excellent; but, though he had considerable See also:personal See also:influence on his See also:generation at Oxford, a certain nebulousness of view prevented his making any permanent contribution to See also:philosophy. He was fond of See also:music and outdoor See also:sports, and rowed in his college See also:boat. He died on the 25th of See also:August 1892, from the effects of exposure on Mont See also:Blanc, and was buried at. Chamounix.

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