Franz xaver wolf biography of abraham

British Professor of Philosophy

Not to be confused with Abraham Wolff.

Abraham Wolf (1876 – 19 May 1948) was a Russian-born English historian, philosopher, writer, and rabbi.

Born to a shopkeeper and his wife, Wolf simultaneously studied mental and moral philosophy at the University of London and Semitic studies at the Jews' College.

Franz xaver wolf biography of abraham

He later attended St John's College on a Jews' College scholarship and his dissertation was published by Cambridge University Press in 1905.

Wolf is credited with introducing the history of science to University College London, where he lectured as Professor of Logic and Scientific Method from 1920 to 1941.

Wolf was a scientific rationalist who embraced ideas held by Baruch Spinoza—many of whose works Wolf translated into English—and Maimonides. Wolf's 1915 collection of lectures on Friedrich Nietzsche was "one of the earliest English discussions of the thinker".

Wolf was the co-editor of the 14th edition of the