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Line 3: Abbott was born in [[Dublin]] and was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin\|Trinity College]]. He took his degree in 1851 and was made a fellow of the college in 1854. He obtained an M.A. and a D.Litt. from Trinity, and was ordained a minister in the [[Church of Ireland]]. He occupied the [[chair (academic)\|chair]] of moral philosophy (1867–72), of biblical Greek (~~1875-88~~1875–88), and of Hebrew (~~1879-1900~~1879–1900). In 1887 he was elected librarian in Trinity and, in 1900, completed catalogues of the library's manuscript holdings.<ref>[http://www.tcd.ie/Library/manuscripts/catalogues.php Catalogues - Manuscripts & Archives]</ref> He was one of a group of Irish scholars, including [[J. P. Mahaffy]], who made significant contributions to the dissemination and study of the works of [[Immanuel Kant]]. His translation of Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason" remained the standard English version of the text well into the 20th century.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=7Rnz9cDWt9kC&pg=PA270&dq=%22thomas+kingsmill+abbott%22+1829+1913&ei=8xYXS6f6Haq-ygT16dW1Bw#v=onepage&q=abbott&f=false A History of Irish Thought]</ref> In June 1901, he received an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity\|doctorate in Divinity]] from the [[University of Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|articlename=Glasgow University jubilee \|day_of_week=Friday \|date=14 June 1901 \|page_number=10 \|issue=36481\| }}</ref> Line 15: * Kant's ''Introduction to Logic'' (fifth edition, 1878) * [http://www.archive.org/stream/MN41416ucmf_0#page/n7/mode/2up ''Evangeliorum versio antihieronymiana ex codice Usseriano''], 2 vols., 1884. * [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029021612 ''Kant's Critique of ~~practical~~Practical ~~reason~~Reason and ~~other~~Other ~~works~~Works on the ~~theory~~Theory of ~~ethics~~Ethics''] (London 1889) * [http://www.archive.org/details/essayschieflyono00abbo ''Essays chiefly on the original texts of the Old and New Testaments''] (1891) * ed., ''The ~~book~~Book of Trinity ~~college~~College, Dublin, 1591-1891'', 1892. * ''The Elements of Logic'' (third edition, 1895) * [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029021546 ''Fundamental ~~principles~~Principles of the Metaphysics of ~~ethics~~Ethics''] (London 1895) * [http://www.archive.org/stream/criticalexegetic00abbo#page/n13/mode/2up ''A Critical and exegetical commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians''] (1897) * [http://www.archive.org/stream/cataloguemanusc00abbogoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Catalogue of the manuscripts in Trinity College''], Dublin, 7, 1900.

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