Historian: In rebuttal of my claim that West influenced Stuart, some people point out that West' s work is mentioned only once in Stuart' s diaries  But Stuart' s diaries mention several meetings with West, and Stuart' s close friend, Abella, studied under West
Furthermore, Stuart' s work often uses West' s terminology which, though now commonplace, none of Stuart' s contemporaries used
Stuart's work was not entirely free from West's influence