Laurence Dundas (1662-1734)

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Laurence Dundas (1662-1734) was appointed Regent of Humanity at Edinburgh University on 28 November 1690, following a purge of Episcopalian and Jacobite teaching staff. Upon the abolition of the regenting system in 1708, he was appointed Professor of Humanity [i.e. Latin], retiring in 1728.