Archibald Garden Wernham (4 March 1916 – 7 May 1989) was a 20th-century Scottish philosopher. Wernham was born in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

and educated at

Robert Gordon's College Robert Gordon's College is a co-educational Independent school (UK) for day pupils in Aberdeen, Scotland. The school caters for pupils from Nursery through to S6. History Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant, made his fortune in 18th century ...

; Aberdeen University; and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. He served in

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with the

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. He was lecturer, reader and then

Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy The Regius Professorship of Moral Philosophy is a Regius Chair at the University of Aberdeen. It was created in the 16th century, in the early years of the university's existence. List of Regius Professors * 1760–1797: James Beattie * 1820–18 ...

at the University of Aberdeen from 1945 to 1981.'Prof Archibald Wernham'

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Monday, May 15, 1989

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20th-century Scottish philosophers Military personnel from Fife 1916 births 1989 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Academics of the University of Aberdeen People educated at Robert Gordon's College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Royal Artillery personnel British Army personnel of World War II People from Kirkcaldy {{Scotland-philosopher-stub