Difference between revisions of "Appointment of William Carstares as Principal of Edinburgh University, 1703"
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| − | [[File:Edi uni eu 0003 624x544.jpg | border | | + | [[File:Edi uni eu 0003 624x544.jpg | border | 200 px | right | thumb | William Carstares (1649-1715) by John Aikman, ca. 1712, University of Edinburgh Fine Art Collection (EU0003)]]The appointment of [[William Carstares (1649-1715)]] as [[Principal]] of Edinburgh University in 1703 initiated a programme of reforms designed to remodel the 'Tounis College' in the image of Dutch universities such as Leiden. This laid the foundation for Edinburgh to develop into one of the major universities of Enlightenment Europe. |
Under Carstares, the regenting system was abolished in favour of a professorial system that assigned each of the subjects on the curriculum to a single professor. The Faculties of [[Faculty of Arts|Arts]] and [[Faculty of Law|Law]] were constituted, and new chairs were established in Public Law, Civil Law, [[Anatomy]], [[Chemistry]], and Ecclesiastical History. | Under Carstares, the regenting system was abolished in favour of a professorial system that assigned each of the subjects on the curriculum to a single professor. The Faculties of [[Faculty of Arts|Arts]] and [[Faculty of Law|Law]] were constituted, and new chairs were established in Public Law, Civil Law, [[Anatomy]], [[Chemistry]], and Ecclesiastical History. | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 22 July 2014
The appointment of William Carstares (1649-1715) as Principal of Edinburgh University in 1703 initiated a programme of reforms designed to remodel the 'Tounis College' in the image of Dutch universities such as Leiden. This laid the foundation for Edinburgh to develop into one of the major universities of Enlightenment Europe.
Under Carstares, the regenting system was abolished in favour of a professorial system that assigned each of the subjects on the curriculum to a single professor. The Faculties of Arts and Law were constituted, and new chairs were established in Public Law, Civil Law, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Ecclesiastical History.
After the death of Carstares in 1715, his reforms were continued by William Wishart "primus" (1660-1729) and George Drummond (1688-1766).
Sources
- Alexander Bower, The History of the University of Edinburgh. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1817-1830.
- Sir Alexander Grant, The Story of the University of Edinburgh during its First Three Hundred Years, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884)