Harold Arthur Prichard
Philosopher, Author
1871 – 1947
Who was Harold Arthur Prichard?
Harold Arthur Prichard, usually cited as H. A. Pritchard, was an English philosopher. He was born in London in 1871, the eldest child of Walter Stennett Prichard and his wife Lucy. Harold Prichard was a scholar of Clifton College from where he won a scholarship to New College, Oxford, to study mathematics. But after taking First Class honours in mathematical moderations in 1891, he studied Greats taking First Class Honours in 1894. He also played tennis for Oxford against Cambridge. On leaving Oxford he spent a brief period working for a firm of solicitors in London, before returning to Oxford where he spent the rest of his life, first as Fellow of Hertford College and then of Trinity College. He took early retirement from Trinity in 1924 on grounds of ill health, but recovered and was elected White's Professor of Moral Philosophy in 1928 and became a fellow of Corpus Christi College. He retired in 1937.
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- Born
- 1871
London - Also known as
- H. A. Prichard
- Profession
- Education
- Clifton College
- Died
- 1947
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on July 23, 2013
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