James Black Baillie

Baillie was born in West Mill, Cortachy, Forfarshire. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he gained a PhD in 1899 on The Growth of Hegel's Logic,^[2] and at Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3]

Baillie lectured in philosophy at University College, Dundee and in August 1902 was appointed Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.^[4][5]

During the First World War he was in the intelligence division of the British Admiralty. After public service posts, Baillie was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds in 1924. He remained at Leeds until his retirement in 1938.^[6]

In 1906 Baillie married Helena May James. They had no children.^[1]

Baillie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 New Year Honours,^[7] made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy following a meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini^[1] and received a knighthood in 1931.^[8]

Baillie died of prostate cancer in Weybridge, Surrey in 1940 at the age of 67.^{[1][better source needed]}

• The Origin and Significance of Hegel's Logic: A General Introduction to Hegel's System. Macmillan. 1901.^[9]

• Hegel, G. W. F. (1910). The Phenomenology of Mind. doi:10.4324/9781315830308. ISBN 978-1-315-83030-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)