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==Later life== [[File:DugaldStewartMonument.jpg|thumb|[[Dugald Stewart Monument]], Edinburgh]] [[File:The tomb of Dugald Stewart, Canongate Kirkyard.jpg|thumb|The tomb of Dugald Stewart, Canongate Kirkyard]] In 1806 Stewart received in lieu of a pension the nominal office of the writership of the ''Edinburgh Gazette'', with a salary of Β£300. When he ceased lecturing during the session of 1809β1810, his place was taken, at his own request, by [[Thomas Brown (philosopher)|Thomas Brown]], who in 1810 was appointed conjoint professor. On the death of Brown in 1820 Stewart retired altogether from the professorship. His successor was [[John Wilson (Scottish writer)|John Wilson]], known as "Christopher North".<ref name="EB1911"/> From 1809 onwards Stewart lived mainly at [[Kinneil House]], Bo'ness, which was placed at his disposal by the [[Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton|Duke of Hamilton]].<ref name="EB1911"/> He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1791.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dugald Stewart|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Dugald+Stewart|access-date=16 December 2020|website=American Philosophical Society Member History|publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]]}}</ref> In June 1814 Stewart was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=3&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27stewart%27%29|title=Library and Archive Catalogue|publisher=Royal Society|access-date=22 October 2010|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426140319/http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=3&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27stewart%27%29|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1817.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780β2010: Chapter S|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterS.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref>
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