Considering his official obligations at various high institutions, and his extant work, Inglott must have possessed a formidable mind. Unfortunately, however, it seems that he was almost completely taken up by administrative duties which left him little time to write his philosophical thoughts. This considerably weakened his influence both on his contemporaries as on his posteriors. Inglott was born at
Senglea,
Malta, on April 11, 1776. He joined the
Order of Preachers at
Vittoriosa,
Malta in 1796 at twenty years of age. After completing his institutional studies in
philosophy and
theology, he continued living at
Vittoriosa, teaching
theology and
philosophy at its
Studium. Here, at the age of forty-two, in 1818, he was appointed
Master of Studies. At the same time he lectured on
philosophy at the
University of Malta. Here, between 1822 and 1827, Inglott held the Chair of Philosophy. Also during 1822, he was appointed Deputy-Rector at the
University of Malta, and then, in 1826, Rector (until 1833). In 1820, Inglott was chosen as Prior of the
Dominicans at
Vittoriosa. Later, while Rector, in 1826 Inglott was also chosen to head the Maltese
Dominicans on behalf of the Sicilian Province. He retained this office until 1829. While Prior at
Vittoriosa Inglott was accused of squandering public funds during the restoration works which had been carried out at the priory following the explosion of Gunpowder Deposit in 1806. In 1820 restoration works had been still going on since the incident. During the next couple of years, Inglott had to defend himself against these accusations, and finally was acquitted. During Inglott's tenure as deputy-rector at the
University of Malta, the British
colonial Governor of
Malta,
Thomas Maitland, affected some changes in the department of literature. As a result, some time later a general council was formed with
Thomas Maitland himself as chancellor,
John Hookham Frere as president, and Inglott as rector. It was this council which, in 1825, appointed
Michael Anthony Vassalli as the first professor of the
Maltese Language at the
University of Malta (though paid by Hookham). In 1833, Inglott resigned from rector due to ailing health. He remained an examiner of
moral theology (1830), Prior of the
Dominicans at
Vittoriosa (1830), and, for the last year and a half of his life, professor of philosophy at the
Studium Generale of the
Dominicans at
Vittoriosa (1833–35). Inglott died at the
Dominican priory of
Vittoriosa on July 29, 1835. His funeral address was delivered by Joseph Bartolommeo Xerri. ==Works==