George Blewett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Blewett

Canadian university professor, philosopher, and author

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1873

Place of Birth: Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1912

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George John Blewett (1873–1912) was a Canadian philosopher and theologian. Born on 9 December 1873, in Yarmouth Township in Elgin County, Ontario, the son of William Blewett, a farmer, and Mary Baker, he was raised on a farm near St.
Thomas, Ontario.
In 1897, he graduated from Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
He studied at the University of Würzburg in 1899 and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in philosophy in 1900 from Harvard University.
He also did postgraduate work at Oxford University and Cambridge University. In 1901, he became a lecturer in philosophy at Wesley College, Winnipeg.
In 1906, he became the Ryerson Professor of moral philosophy at Victoria University.
In 1907, he wrote The Study of Nature and the Vision of God: With Other Essays in Philosophy.
His second book The Christian View of the World was published in 1912. He drowned while swimming, apparently the result of a heart attack, in Go Home Bay, Ontario, on 15 August 1912.
He was buried in the Necropolis Cemetery.