Difference between revisions of "Public Law"
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*1862 - [[James Lorimer (1818-1890)]] | *1862 - [[James Lorimer (1818-1890)]] | ||
| − | + | *1890 - [[Sir Ludovic James Grant (1862-1936)]] | |
| − | [[Neil Walker] | + | *1922 - [[William Wilson (1884-1945?)]] |
| + | *1945 - [[Archibald Hunter Campbell (1902-1989)]] | ||
| + | *1972 - [[Sir Donald Neil MacCormick (1941-2009)]] | ||
| + | *2008 - [[Neil Walker (1960- )]] | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 10 July 2015
The Chair of Public Law was founded in 1707, as one of the reforms spearheaded by William Carstares (1649-1715) as Principal of Edinburgh University.
Professors of Public Law
- 1707 - Charles Erskine (1680-1763)
- 1734 - William Kirkpatrick (1705-1778)
- 1735 - George Abercromby (1705-1800)
- 1759 - Robert Bruce (1718-1785)
- 1764 - James Balfour (1705-1795)
- 1779 - Allan Maconochie (1748-1816)
- 1796 - Robert Hamilton (1763-1831)
From 1831, the Chair lay in abeyance until it was reconstituted in 1862.
- 1862 - James Lorimer (1818-1890)
- 1890 - Sir Ludovic James Grant (1862-1936)
- 1922 - William Wilson (1884-1945?)
- 1945 - Archibald Hunter Campbell (1902-1989)
- 1972 - Sir Donald Neil MacCormick (1941-2009)
- 2008 - Neil Walker (1960- )
Sources
- Alexander Bower, The History of the University of Edinburgh. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1817-1830.
- Andrew Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh from its Foundation, 2 vols (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862)
- Roger L. Emerson, Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008)
- Sir Alexander Grant, The Story of the University of Edinburgh during its First Three Hundred Years, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884)