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• William Wallace (d. 1786)
  [[William Wallace (d. 1786)]] shared the Chair of [[History|Universal Civil History and Greek [[Category:Academics|Wallace, William]]
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• William Wallace (d. 1786)
  [[William Wallace (d. 1786)]] shared the Chair of [[History|Universal Civil History and Greek [[Category:Academics|Wallace, William]]
  474 bytes (60 words) - 11:30, 17 February 2015
• Agriculture
  ...aculty of Arts]] in 1790 and was Britain's first. It was endowed by [[Sir William Pulteney (1729-1805)]]. The first to hold the Chair was [[Andrew Coventry ( The fourth Professor was [[Robert Wallace (1853-1939)]]. During Wallace's tenure, Agriculture moved into the newly-established [[Faculty of Science
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• John Gordon (1715-1775)
  ...]] from 26 December 1753 to 4 December 1754. He was succeeded by [[William Wallace (d. 1786)]] on 23 December 1754.
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• Greek
  ...ars, until the University’s reorganisation in 1708, when another Regent, [[William Scott "primus" (1672-1735)]] was appointed to the new new Chair of Greek an ...Law (d. 1741)]], son of former Regent and Professor of Moral Philosophy [[William Law (d. 1729)]]. [[Robert Hunter (c1703-1779)]] then shared the Chair with
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• History
  ...European lines is consistent with the programme of reforms introduced by [[William Carstares (1649-1715)]], during his term as [[Principal]] of Edinburgh Univ ...whose pupils included such future luminaries of Edinburgh University as [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]], [[Alexander Monro ''secundus'' (1733-1817)]], and
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• Charles Mackie (1688-1770)
  ...ncluded such future Enlightenment figures as [[David Hume (1711-1776)]], [[William Wishart "secundus" (c1692-1753)]], [[Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746)]], and [[J ...tended his lectures on History and Roman Antiquities, 1719-44, including [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]] 'now Min[iste]r in Gladsmuir', the future [[Princip
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• Physics
  ...William Cullen (1710-1790)]], [[Joseph Black (1728-1799)]] and Principal [[William Robertson (1721-1793)]]. Robison brought in lectures on a variety of topics [[William Cochran (1922-2003)]], 1975-
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• Mathematics
  [[William Wallace (1768-1843)]], 1819-1837
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• Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975)
  ...ed into an opera (1968). (Further works by Smith were set by the composers William Wordsworth and Ronald Stevenson.)
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