FERRIER

James Frederick ( son of John Ferrier of Edinburgh, writer to the signet ). b. Edinburgh 16 June 1808; ed. at univ. of Edin. and Magd. coll. Ox., B.A. Ox. 1832; called to Scottish bar 1832; prof. of civil history in univ. of Edin. 1842–45; prof. of moral philosophy and political economy in univ. of St. Andrews 1845 to death; author of The institutes of metaphysics 1854, 2 ed. 1856 and other books. d. St. Andrews 11 June 1864. Lectures on Greek philosophy by J. F. Ferrier 1, pp. vii-xliv , 1866; G. Gilfillan’s Remoter Stars (1867) 139–46.