Henry Home, Lord Kames

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Henry Home, Lord Kames was an influential 18th-century Scottish judge, philosopher, and writer whose works on law, morality, and aesthetics made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher
Scottish Enlightenment figure
Scottish judge
human
legal scholar
philosopher
writer
birthName Henry Home
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1696
dateOfDeath 1782
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
ethnicGroup Scottish
fieldOfWork aesthetics
agricultural improvement
law
legal history
moral philosophy
genre aesthetic criticism
legal treatise
philosophical literature
honorificTitle Lord Kames
influenced Scottish Enlightenment thought
aesthetic theory in Britain
legal theory in Scotland
influencedBy Francis Hutcheson
natural law tradition
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSystem Scots law
memberOf Court of Session
linked to: College of Justice

Scottish judiciary
movement Scottish Enlightenment
nativeLanguage Scots
notableIdea empirical approach to aesthetics
historical development of law
notableWork Elements of Criticism
Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion
Historical Law-Tracts
Sketches of the History of Man
occupation judge
legal theorist
philosopher
writer
placeOfBirth Berwickshire, Scotland
linked to: Berwickshire
placeOfDeath Edinburgh, Scotland
linked to: Edinburgh
positionHeld Lord of Justiciary
Lord of Session
residence Edinburgh
spouse Agnes Carre

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Henry Home honorificTitle Lord Kames
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Elements of Criticism author Henry Home, Lord Kames
Elements of Criticism author Lord Kames
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Historical Law-Tracts author Henry Home, Lord Kames
Agnes Carre spouse Henry Home, Lord Kames