Edward Caird FRSE FBA (/kɛərd/; 23 March 1835 – 1 November 1908) was a Scottish philosopher.

[3][4]: xxxvi In 1866, he was appointed to the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow, which he held until 1893.

[5] He was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage,[6] alongside his wife, Caroline.

The philosopher John Watson was among his pupils at the University of Glasgow.

[7] He died in Oxford on 1 November 1908 and was buried there in St Sepulchres Cemetery.