Davidson, Thomas
philosopher, author, was born Oct. 25, 1840, in Scotland. He is a writer on art and philosophy who came to the United States in 1866 and settled at Cambridge, and the author of The Parthenon Frieze and Other Essays; The Place of Art in Education; Giordano Bruno and the Relation of his Philosophy to Free Thought; Handbook of Dante, from the Italian of Scartazzini, with Notes and Additions; Prolegomena to Tennyson's In Memoriam; Aristotle, and Ancient and Modern Educational Ideals; and The Education of the Greek People and its Influence on Civilization.