About Robert Craigie Cross
Lived 1911 – 2000 (aged 89). Robert Craigie Cross was a philosopher and university teacher.
Robert Craigie Cross FRSE CBE (1911–2000) was Regius Professor of Logic at Aberdeen University. He served as vice principal of the university from 1974 to 1978.
Life Robert Craigie Cross was born in Glasgow on 24 April 1911, the son of Matthew Cross, a schoolmaster, and Margaret Dickson. He was a recipient of the David Logan Medal for the most distinguished arts graduate and the Foulis Scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford.
He retired in 1978 and moved to the Scottish Borders. He died in Edinburgh on 13 September 2000.
Family
In 1943 he married Peggy Catherine Elizabeth Vernon. They had two daughters.
Publications
Plato's Republic: A Philosophical Commentary (1964) co-written with Anthony Douglas Woozley
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Who was Robert Craigie Cross?
British philosopher (1911–2000)
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Robert Craigie Cross was born on 24 April 1911 in Glasgow.
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Robert Craigie Cross died on 13 September 2000 in Edinburgh.
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Robert Craigie Cross was a philosopher and university teacher.
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