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Dec 30, 1857 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Died on 31 Aug 1923 (aged 65)
Irish economist and Comtean positivist
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About Shapland Hugh Swinny
- Shapland Hugh Swinny (30 January 1857, Dublin – 31 August 1923, London) was an Irish economist and Comtean positivist.
- Shapland Hugh Swinny was born in Dublin in 1857, the son of Captain Shapland Swiny.
- He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A.
- in 1880 and M.A.
- in 1884.He joined the London Positivist Society immediately after graduating from Cambridge and succeeded Edward Spencer Beesly as President of the London Positivist Society (1901–1923).
- He also was editor of the Positivist Review .
- He was the Chairman of the Council of the Sociological Society from 1907 to 1909.
- He was a co-founder of the Church of Humanity, together with Philip Thomas.
- Swinny was a personal friend of several Indian nationalists, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
- Shapland Hugh Swinny died in 1923.
