The Adamson Lectures was a series of annual lectures held at the

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. A ...

on the subject matter of logic and philosophy. They were named in honour of Robert Adamson.

Lectures

* 1907 — ''On the Light Thrown by Recent Investigations on Electricity on the Relation Between Matter and Ether'' (1908) by

J. J. Thomson Sir Joseph John Thomson (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of ...

* 1909 — ''English Poetry and German Philosophy in the Age of Wordsworth'' (1909) by

A. C. Bradley Andrew Cecil Bradley, (26 March 1851 – 2 September 1935) was an English literary scholar, best remembered for his work on Shakespeare. Life Bradley was born at Park Hill, Clapham, then in Surrey but now part of London. His father was the pr ...

* 1910 — '' Leibniz as a Politician'' (1911) by

Adolphus William Ward Sir Adolphus William Ward (2 December 1837 – 19 June 1924) was an English historian and man of letters. Life Ward was born at Hampstead, London, the son of John Ward. He was educated in Germany and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1866, Ward ...

* 1913 — '' The Distinction between Mind and Its Objects'' (1913) by Bernard Bosanquet * 1920 — ''Satanism and the World Order'' (1920) by

Gilbert Murray George Gilbert Aimé Murray (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. He was an outstanding scholar of the language and culture of Ancient Greec ...

* 1925 — ''Art and the Material'' (1925) by

Samuel Alexander Samuel Alexander (6 January 1859 – 13 September 1938) was an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college. He is now best known as an advocate of emergentism in biology. Early life He was b ...

* 1932 — ''John Locke (1632-1704)'' (1933) by

Norman Kemp Smith Norman Duncan Kemp Smith, FBA, FRSE (5 May 1872 – 3 September 1958) was a Scottish philosopher who was Professor of Psychology (1906–1914) and Philosophy (1914–1919) at Princeton University and was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at th ...

* 1933 — ''Carlyle and Hitler'' (1933) by

Herbert John Clifford Grierson Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, FBA (16 January 1866 – 19 February 1960) was a Scottish literary scholar, editor, and literary critic. Life and work He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, on 16 January 1866. He was the son of Andrew John Grie ...

* 1972 — ''The Waste Land'' (1972) by Helen Gardner {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamson Lectures British lecture series Culture of the University of Manchester Philosophy lectures 1907 establishments in England Recurring events established in 1907