Academic patronage in the Scottish enlightenment : Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews universities /
Emerson, Roger L.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
2008.
Roger Emerson considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews. He explores the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: Preliminaries; -- Introduction -- PART II: Glasgow University; -- Glasgow University to 1701 -- Principal Stirling's Regime: Family and Politics, 1701-1725 -- Glasgow under the Campbells, 1725-1742 -- Squadrone Glasgow and the Return of the Duke of Argyll, 1742-1761 -- The Age of Bute and the Moderates -- Glasgow University in the Age of Dundas -- PART III: Edinburgh University; -- Edinburgh University to 1704 -- Edinburgh Appointments in the Faculty of Divinity -- Chairs of Interest to Lawyers -- Surgical and Medical Chairs -- The Arts Chairs -- PART IV: St Andrews University; -- The Arts Chairs, 1690-c. 1715 -- St Mary's College and Other Appointments, 1713-1747 -- The Untold Story -- Thomas Tullideph's St Andrews, 1747-1777 -- The Dundas Era at St Andrews, 1780-1806 -- PART V: Conclusions; -- Summaries and Results.
Roger Emerson considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews. He explores the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806.
University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh
University of St. Andrews
College teachers
Patronage, Political
Enlightenment