Papers of Professor J. Finlayson (1758-1808) 1794-1808

Pollock, David; Finlayson, James

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James Finlayson was born at Nether Cambushenie, near Dunblane, on 15 February 1758. He studied at Glasgow University and later became tutor to the sons of Sir William Murray of Ochtertyre. Finlayson became licensed to preach in 1785. He assumed the duties of Professor of Logic at Edinburgh University in 1786, and he was ordained as a minister in 1787 in the Parish of Borthwick near Edinburgh. With a rising reputation on matters of ecclesiastical policy, he dedicated a lot of time to the study of...

Pollock, David 1780-1847

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Edinburgh university

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Robert Burns Young was born in 1874. He was a graduate of Edinburgh University. He took the degree of M.A. and he also took the degree of M.D. His publications include The life and work of George William Stow, South African geologist and ethnologist (1908) and The Banket: a study of the auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand and the associated rocks (1917). From the guide to the The Young Medals, 1899-1935, (Edinburgh University Library) ...

Finlayson, James, 1758-1808

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