11 Facts About Hector Hetherington

Hector Hetherington studied at the University of Glasgow and at Merton College, Oxford.

Hector Hetherington was appointed Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at Glasgow in 1910, and Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield in 1914, before becoming Professor of Logic and Philosophy at University College Cardiff in 1915.

Hector Hetherington worked in the Secretariat of the 1919 International Labour Conference of the League of Nations in Washington, DC.

Hector Hetherington served in this position for twenty-five years, retiring in 1961.

Hector Hetherington served as a Trustee of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and, ex officio, of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland from 1936 until 1961.

Hector Hetherington was a Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation from 1943 until his death, serving as Vice-Chairman from 1961.

Hector Hetherington received honorary degrees from 13 universities in the UK and North America.

Hector Hetherington married Mary Ethel Alison Reid in 1914, with whom he had two sons.

Hector Hetherington was knighted in the 1936 New Years Honours List, and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1948 King's Birthday Honours List and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 New Years Honours List.

Hector Hetherington served as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Glasgow, and was made a Freeman of the City of Glasgow in 1961.

Hector Hetherington is buried in a simple grave with his wife in the cemetery in Tillicoultry, just south-east of the war memorial.