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Early Scottish science: The vocational provision

John A. Cable M.A., M.Ed., Dipl. Deutsch (Marburg), A.L.C.M. Ripon Hall, OxfordView further author information
Pages 179-199 | Published online: 22 Aug 2006

  • 1972 . The Early History of Scottish Popular Science . Studies in Adult Education , 4 : 34 – 45 . Since then, three further lecturers have come to light: Martin Triewald (in Edinburgh about 1725), and Richard Jack (same place in 1739–47); both lectured on astronomy and natural philosophy (letter from Mr F. J. G. Robinson); and in 1768, James Ferguson, F.R.S. (1710–1776) gave five courses in Edinburgh, plus special ones foir lades (information from David Bryden of Cambridge University, via Mr. J. R. Millburn of Aylesbury).
  • For Cullen, see the Dictionary of National Biography
  • Smout , T.C. 1969 . A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 , 2nd edn. 247 – 247 . 1970
  • Smout . 1969 . A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 , 2nd edn. 240 – 57 . 1970 R. L. Mackie, A Short History of Scotland, 1930, (2nd edn. 1962). pp. 208–20.
  • Scotland , J. 1969 . The History of Scottish Education Vol. i , 83 – 83 . W. Boyd, Education in Ayrshire through Seven Centuries, 1961, pp. 74–8.
  • Curtis , S.J. 1967 . History of Education in Great Britain, 1948 , 7th edn. 536 – 536 .
  • Law , A. 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 227 – 227 .
  • Scotland . 1969 . The History of Scottish Education Vol. i , 104 – 6 . Curtis, op. cit., pp. 115–7; T. Kelly, A History of Adult Education in Great Britain, 1962, (2nd edn., 1970), p. 41.
  • Boyd . 1961 . Education in Ayrshire through Seven Centuries 107 – 107 .
  • Green , G. and Lloyd , J.T. 1970 . Kelvin's Instruments and the Kelvin Museum 11 – 11 . Glasgow ‘John Anderson … instituted a course in Physics …’.
  • Hudson , J.W. 1851 . The History of Adult Education , : 31 – 2 .
  • Kelly , T. 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 56 – 56 . Liverpool 67–8.
  • Hudson . 1851 . The History of Adult Education , : v – vi . 29–35.
  • 1854 . Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis Vol. ii , 578 – 578 . Glasgow After 1727, the ‘gown’ classes (i.e. ‘togati’) included Latin, Greek, Logic, Ethics, and Natural Philosophy (= Physics); all other students, of Mathematics, Modicine, Law, and Theology, were not required to wear a gown (i.e. ‘non-togati’ students). Cf. The Matriculation Albums of the University of the University of Glasgow, From 1728 to 1858, ed. W. I. Addison, Glasgow, 1913, p. xi.
  • 1727 . Edinburgh Evening Courant 20–23 October
  • Murray , D. 1927 . Memories of the Old College of Glasgow , : 110 – 110 .
  • Lloyd , J.T.
  • “Item Ane Shipe Skin”—An Account of Early Experimentation in the Natural Philosophy Department Glasgow College Courant 1969 xxi 5 5
  • Green and Lloyd . 1970 . Kelvin's Instruments and the Kelvin Museum 11 – 11 . Glasgow J. D. Mackie, The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History, Glasgow, 1954, p. 139.
  • Green and Lloyd . 1970 . Kelvin's Instruments and the Kelvin Museum 11 – 11 . Glasgow
  • Munimenta , ii 406 – 406 . 426, 429–30.
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 217 – 8 . Glasgow Murray, op. cit., p. 111.
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 221 – 221 . Glasgow Murray, op. cit., pp. 116–7. Dick graduated MA (1744), MD (19751), and was the second professor of natural philosophy (1751–57) at Glasgow. Matric. Albums, p. 23.
  • Kelly . 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 59 – 59 . Liverpool
  • Kelly . 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 67 – 67 . Liverpool
  • Read , J. 1950 . “ Joseph Black, M.D.—The Teacher and the Man ” . In An Eighteenth Century Lectureship in Chemistry Edited by: Kent , A. 84 – 84 . Glasgow
  • Cited by Read Joseph Black, M.D.—The Teacher and the Man An Eighteenth Century Lectureship in Chemistry Kent A. Glasgow 1950 84 84 For Brougham, see DNB.
  • Murray . 1927 . Memories of the Old College of Glasgow , : 113 – 113 .
  • Carlyle , Rev A. 1860 . Autobiography 70 – 70 . Edinburgh For Carlyle, see DNB.
  • Smout . 1969 . A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 , 2nd edn. 447 – 447 . 1970
  • Kent , A. The Lectureship at Glasgow Edited by: Kent . 3 – 3 . op. cit.
  • Kent , A. The Lectureship at Glasgow 4 – 4 . A. Fleck, ‘The Industrial Development of Scotland in the Cullen-Black Period’, op. cit., (ed. Kent), p. 112.
  • Strang , J. 1856 . Glasgow and its Clubs 2 – 33 . H. G. Graham, The Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century, 1899, 5th edn. (with an Introduction by Eric Linklater), 1969, p. 142.
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 236 – 236 . Glasgow 242; J. D. Mackie, ‘Glasgow University in the Eighteenth Century’, op. cit., (ed. Kent)., p. 33.
  • Muir , James . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 14 – 15 . Glasgow Muir merely lists, among MS ossays found in Anderson's library one ‘On Pronunciation’, and one ‘On the Roman Wall between the Forth and Clyde’.
  • Extracts from the first volume of Records are in Dunean W.J. Notices and Documents Illustrative of The Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century Glasgow 1831 132 5 Apart from this, the only extant Minutes of the Literary Society are in two volumes: vol. 1 (1764–79), has gaps from February 1771 to November 1771, from December 1771 to February 1773, and from March 1773 to November 1776; vol 2 contains no abstracts of papers, unlike vol 1, merely lists of members and general topics covered (1794–99). Both volumes are in Glasgow University Library (MS Murray 505; MS Gen. 4).
  • Duncan . 1831 . Notices and Documents Illustrative of The Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century 132 – 132 . Glasgow
  • Read and M.D. , Joseph Black . 1950 . The Teacher and the Man, An Eighteenth Century Lectureship in Chemistry Edited by: Kent , A. Glasgow
  • Minutes , 1 Laws, paragraph one.
  • 1765 . Minutes , 1 November 1
  • Minutes , 1 Laws, paragraph one.
  • The other four professor were James Moor of Greek (see DNB), James Clow of Logic, Hercules Lindsay of Law, and George Ross of Humanity. Cf Duncan Notices and Documents Illustrative of The Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century Glasgow 1831 132 132
  • Craig was not really ‘Town’, as since the ‘Nova Erectio’ of Melville in 1577 the minister of Glasgow had had an important constitutional rôle in College affairs, e.g. in the election of a Principal. Cf Mackie J.D. The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History Glasgow 1954 67 67
  • Betham matriculated at Glasgow (1746), LLD (1774), was appointed collector of customs in the Isle of Man (1765). Matric Albums 35 35
  • For Brisbane, see DNB. He was not really ‘Town’ either, as his father and grandfather had been professors at Glasgow; MD (Edinburgh) 1750, and he was physician to the Middlesex Hospital 1758–73. Cf Matric. Albums 13 13 Cf J. D. Mackie, (1954), op. cit., pp. 170, 224–5; Murray, op. cit., pp. 172–4.
  • Crawford probably matriculated at Glasgow in 1739, the son of John Crawford, merchant of the same town. Cf Matric. Albums 22 22
  • Robert Bogle matriculated at Glasgow in 1739, the son of Robert Bogle, recently merchant in Glasgow. A cousin, of the same name, matriculated at Glasgow in 1741. Which of the three was concerned here is not clear. Cf Matric Albums 23 23 27.
  • Duncan . 1831 . Notices and Documents Illustrative of The Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century 132 – 4 . Glasgow
  • Murray . 1927 . Memories of the Old College of Glasgow , : 190 – 190 . For Hope, see DNB.
  • Minutes , 1 Laws, paragraph nine.
  • Duncan . 1831 . Notices and Documents Illustrative of The Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century 133 – 133 . Glasgow For Hume, see DNB.
  • Murray . 1927 . Memories of the Old College of Glasgow , : 65 – 65 . J. D. Mackie, (1954), op. cit., pp. 206–9.
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 214 – 214 . Glasgow
  • Muir . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 2 – 2 . Glasgow 11–12.
  • Minutes , 1 2 May 1777.
  • Muir . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 16 – 22 . Glasgow
  • Kent , A. 1950 . “ William Irvine, M.D. ” . In An Eighteenth Century Lectureship in Chemistry Edited by: Kent , A. 141 – 141 .
  • Mackie , J.D. 1950 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 37 – 37 . Glasgow Read, op. cit., p. 81; J. A. Cranston, ‘Black's Influence on Chemistry’, op. cit., (ed. A. Kent), 1950, p. 105; Murray, op. cit., p. 183.
  • Minutes , 1 17 April 1767.
  • 1769 . Minutes , 1 February 24
  • 1770 . Minutes , 1 April 6
  • Kent , A. “ The Lectureship at Glasgow ” . In An Eighteenth Century Lectureship in Chemistry Edited by: Kent , A. 8 – 12 . Muir, op. cit., p. 30.
  • Muir . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 7 – 8 . Glasgow Kelly, (1957), op. cit., pp. 21–2.
  • Muir . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 8 – 8 . Glasgow
  • Kelly . 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 22 – 22 . Liverpool
  • October 1727 . Edinburgh Evening Courant October , 20–23
  • Murray . 1927 . Memories of the Old College of Glasgow , : 108 – 108 .
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 221 – 221 . Glasgow Murray, op. cit., pp. 116–8.
  • Glasgow Courant , Monday 8/15 December 1755. Murray, op. cit., p. 111, states erroneously that this course began on a Thursday.
  • 1756 . Glasgow Courant , March 22/29
  • 1756 . Glasgow Courant , November 15/22
  • Muir . 1950 . John Anderson, Pioneer of Technical Education and the College he founded 29 – 40 . Glasgow
  • Mackie , J.D. 1954 . The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: a Short History 221 – 221 . Glasgow
  • 1757 . Glasgow Courant , November 21/28
  • 1758 . Glasgow Courant , November 20/27
  • 1759 . Glasgow Courant , November 12/19
  • 1757 . Glasgow Courant , November 21/28
  • 1758 . Glasgow Courant , November 20/27 and 12/19 November 1759.
  • Kelly . 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 27 – 27 . Liverpool
  • Kelly . 1957 . George Birkbeck: Pioneer of Adult Education 31 – 2 . Liverpool
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 168 – 168 .
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 171 – 2 .
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 144 – 192 .
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 169 – 70 .
  • 1733 . Edinburgh Evening Courant , November 6/8
  • 1753 . Glasgow Courant , October 29 5 November
  • 1757 . Glasgow Courant , September 5/12
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 165 – 165 .
  • 1753 . Glasgow Courant , November 5/12
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 165 – 6 .
  • 1755 . Glasgow Courant , October : 77 – 77 . 27 3 November No mention is to be found of Robert Dobson senior, apart from under his two sons, Robert (matriculated 1765 at Glasgow; MD Edin 1771) and Patrick (matriculated at Glasgow 1773): Robert junior's father is referred to in 1765 as ‘Ludimagistri in Glasgua’, but after Patrick's entry in 1773 Robert senior is designated ‘Defuncti’, i.e. dead. Cf Matric. Albums 105
  • Scotland . 1969 . The History of Scottish Education Vol. i , 82 – 3 .
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 145 – 145 .
  • 1755 . Glasgow Courant , October : 5 – 5 . 20/27 This may have been the James Galbraith who matriculated at Glasgow in 1730. Cf Matric Albums
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 219 – 219 . H. G. Graham, op. cit., pp. 22–24.
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 35 – 35 .
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 174 – 77 . 219.
  • Smout . 1969 . A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 , 2nd edn. 254 – 254 . 1970 For Dale, see DNB. He was a merchant, dyer, coalmaster, banker, and had mills at Glasgow, New Lanark, Catrine, etc.; he matriculated at Glasgow in 1766. Cf Matric. Albums, p. 81.
  • 1778 . Glasgow Mercury , September 24 Maclachlan is a common Scots name, but this John may have been either the man of that name who matriculated at Glasgow in 1758, or another John Maclachlan who did the same in 1774. Cf Matric. Albums., pp. 58, 108.
  • 1778 . Glasgow Mercury , October 1
  • 1778 . Glasgow Mercury , October 22
  • Law . 1965 . Education in Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century 172 – 3 .
  • 1789 . Glasgow Advertiser and Evening Intelligencer , July Monday 13
  • 1789 . Glasgow Advertiser and Evening Intelligencer , January Monday 5

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