Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
Contributors: Peter Garside (Editor)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780748625963
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Higher & further education; c 1700 to c 1800; History; History - General History; History: World; Scotland; Europe - Great Britain - Scotland; History / Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; General
Description: 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.