THE

HISTORY

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH;

FROM 1756 TO 1829;

CHIEFLY

COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND RECORDS NEVER
BEFORE PUBLISHED:

AND CONTAINING

BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE DECEASED PROFESSORS WHO FLOURISHED
DURING THAT PERIOD, MOST OF WHOM WERE THE PRINCIPAL LITERARY
AND SCIENTIFIC CHARACTERS OF THE AGE:

WITH AN APPENDIX,

COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED WITH

THE UNIVERSITY.

BY ALEXANDER BOWER,

AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF LUTHER, &c.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED FOR WAUGH AND INNES ;

M. OGLE, GLASGOW; WILLIAM CURRY, JUNIOR, & CO. DUBLIN; AND

WHITTAKER, TREACHER, & ARNOT, LONDON.

M.DCCC.XXX.