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| caption = In ''[[The Sketch]]'', 18 December 1895
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1829|03|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1913|12|18|1829|03|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Killiney]], Ireland
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| occupation = Scholar, educator, clergyman
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Caroline Kingsmill|1859}}
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| education = [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
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Reverend '''Thomas Kingsmill Abbott''' (26 March 1829 – 18 December 1913) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] scholar and educator.
== Biography ==
Abbott was born in [[Dublin]] and was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College]]. He
In 1852 he solved a geometrical problem posed by [[J. J. Sylvester]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kOYv0RX3Ym4C&dq=Sylvester%E2%80%99+%22t+k++abbott%22&pg=PA286 On a geometrical Problem noticed by Mr. Sylvester.] ''The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science'', Vol. V.–Fourth Series, January–June, 1853, p. 286</ref>
He occupied the [[chair (academic)|chair]] of moral philosophy (1867–72), of biblical Greek (1875–88), and of Hebrew (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>▼
▲He occupied the [[chair (academic)|chair]] of moral philosophy (1867–72), of biblical Greek (1875–88), and of Hebrew (1879–1900).<ref>"Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College in the University of Dublin]] (1593–1860 [[George Dames Burtchaell]]/[[Thomas Ulick Sadleir]] p1: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Webb |first=D.A. |editor-first=Barlett |editor-last=J.R.|date=1992 |title=Trinity College Dublin Record Volume 1991 |location=Dublin |publisher=Trinity College Dublin Press |isbn=1-871408-07-5|page=}}</ref> 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
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>▼
▲In June 1901, he received an honorary [[Doctor of Divinity|doctorate in Divinity]] from the [[University of Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite
In 1859 he married Caroline Kingsmill, eldest daughter of the [[penology|penologist]] Rev. Joseph Kingsmill.
He died in [[Killiney]] in Dublin on 18 December 1913.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51385911/rev-t-k-abbott-dies/ |title=Rev. T. K. Abbott Dies |newspaper=The Weekly Pantagraph |location=Dublin, Ireland |page=1 |date=1913-12-19 |access-date=2023-09-05 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/12/19/100669364.pdf |title=Dr. T. K. Abbott Dead |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=11 |place=London |date=1913-12-18 |publication-date=1913-12-19 |access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref>
== Select bibliography ==
* [https://archive.org/stream/hermathena20irelgoog#page/n260/mode/2up ''On a Greek Biblical Fragment''] [[Hermathena (journal)|Hermathena]] vol. XVII 1891,
* [https://archive.org/details/collationoffouri00ferr ''A collation of four important manuscripts of the Gospels
* Kant's ''Introduction to Logic'' (fifth edition, 1878)
* [https://archive.org/stream/MN41416ucmf_0#page/n7/mode/2up ''Evangeliorum versio antihieronymiana ex codice Usseriano''], 2 vols., 1884.
* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029021612 ''Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics''] (London 1889)
* [https://archive.org/details/essayschieflyono00abbo ''Essays chiefly on the original texts of the Old and New Testaments''] (1891)
* ed., ''The Book of Trinity College, Dublin,
* ''The Elements of Logic'' (third edition, 1895)
* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029021546 ''Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics''] (London 1895)
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