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-Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], then [[Principal]] of the University and [[Andrew Dalzel (1742-1806)]], Professor of [[Greek]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh [[Town Council]] offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in [[Conveyancing]], [[Music]], [[Forensic Medicine]], [[Clinical Surgery]], [[Military Surgery]] and [[Pathology]]; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences. Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
+Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], then [[Principal]] of the University and [[Andrew Dalzel (1742-1806)]], Professor of [[Greek]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh [[Town Council]] offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of [[Hebrew|Hebrew and Oriental Languages]] at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in [[Conveyancing]], [[Music]], [[Forensic Medicine]], [[Clinical Surgery]], [[Military Surgery]] and [[Pathology]]; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences. Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
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-Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], then [[Principal]] of the University and [[Andrew Dalzel (1742-1806)]], Professor of [[Greek]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Town Council offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in [[Conveyancing]], [[Music]], [[Forensic Medicine]], [[Clinical Surgery]], [[Military Surgery]] and [[Pathology]]; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences. Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
+Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], then [[Principal]] of the University and [[Andrew Dalzel (1742-1806)]], Professor of [[Greek]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh [[Town Council]] offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in [[Conveyancing]], [[Music]], [[Forensic Medicine]], [[Clinical Surgery]], [[Military Surgery]] and [[Pathology]]; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences. Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
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-Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson | Principal Robertson]] and [[Andrew Dalzel | Professor Dalziel]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Town Council offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in Conveyancing, Music, Forensic Medicine, Clinical Surgery, Military Surgery and Pathology; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the Old College. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences.Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
+Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], then [[Principal]] of the University and [[Andrew Dalzel (1742-1806)]], Professor of [[Greek]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Town Council offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in [[Conveyancing]], [[Music]], [[Forensic Medicine]], [[Clinical Surgery]], [[Military Surgery]] and [[Pathology]]; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences. Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
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-Born in 1761 in the parish of Boness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of Principal [[William Robertson]] and Professor [[Andrew Dalzell]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under [[James Finlayson]] and [[Josiah Walker]]. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Bairds ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Dukes sons.
+George Husband Baird (1761-1840) was Principal of Edinburgh University from 1793-1840.
-In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Town Council offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the [[Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages]] at the University. Further that year the [[Senatus_Academicus|Senate]] awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected [[Principal]] of University of Edinburgh after the death of William Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church (1799-1801), and then of the High Church (1801-1840).
+== Biography ==
-He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in Conveyancing, Music, Forensic Medicine, Clinical Surgery, Military Surgery and Pathology; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the [[Old College]]. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences.
+Born in 1761 in the parish of Bo'ness where his father was a landed gentleman renting a farm from the Duke of Hamilton. He was educated there in the parish school and then in Linlithgow to where his parents had moved. At the age of 13 he began his studies at Edinburgh University in humanities and Greek. His studiousness came to the attention of [[William Robertson | Principal Robertson]] and [[Andrew Dalzel | Professor Dalziel]]. Baird, at the same time, also studied extra-mural courses of philosophy and philology under James Finlayson and Josiah Walker. He gained his licence to preach in 1786 and was presented to the parish of Dunkeld by the Duke of Atholl. Baird's ministry was more evangelical than the Moderate position held by the Church of Scotland at this time. While in position of Minister of Dunkeld he stayed with the Duke where he supervised the education of the Duke's sons.In 1792 he married the daughter of Thomas Elder, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Town Council offered him the Ministry of New Greyfriars Church, together with the Chair of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at the University. Further that year the Senate awarded him an honorary D.D. Through the influence of his father-in-law Thomas Elder, he was elected Principal of University of Edinburgh after the death of Robertson, in 1793. He became Minister of the New North Church in 1799, and then of the High Church in 1801.He may not have been as scholarly as William Robertson, but Principal Baird developed the University, increasing its student numbers from 1000 to 2000, creating Chairs in Conveyancing, Music, Forensic Medicine, Clinical Surgery, Military Surgery and Pathology; and seeing through the completion of the building of, what is now called, the Old College. Beyond the University he took an interest in the welfare and education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands, and his scheme, which was sanctioned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1824, was all the more successful due to Baird's social and intellectual influences.Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to education in the Highlands and Islands.
-Baird was described as being kindly with differential manners with excellent conversational skills which won him great admiration. He died in Madras, Linlithgow, in 1840, bequeathing £5000 to the education in the Highlands and Islands.
+== Positions ==
-[[Category:Academics|Baird, George Husband]] [[Category:Honorary Graduates|Baird, George Husband]] [[Category:Principals|Baird, George Husband]]
+*Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages, 1792-1793

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