Oure Tounis Colledge; Sketches of the History of the Old College of Edinburgh
Oure Tounis Colledge; Sketches of the History of the Old College of Edinburgh
John Harrison
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The man appointed seems to have been in every way well fitted for the post. He was one of the St Andrews " Kegents," or Professors as we now style them, of the name of Eobert Bollock ; and the arrangement come to was thoroughly in keeping with the cautious manner in which the Town Coun- cil worked. Bollock was only appointed as " Beg- ent," but a promise was given him, that if the College prospered so well as to call for a staff of teachers, he should be appointed Principal. Boll- ock's charact...er is very pleasantly sketched for us by Craufurd in his little History of the University; 1 and both from this sketch, by one who was almost a contemporary, and from the success of Bollock's work, we should judge him to have been a born teacher. He was only twenty-eight years of age at the time of his appointment, but had already taught at St Andrews for some years, having been first a Lecturer on Humanity, and afterwards a Professor of Philosophy for four years. He was a sound Presby- 1 P. 43, &c.
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