Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment : : Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities / / Roger L. Emerson.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748625963');This book considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews, exploring the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806. Most professors we...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (704 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • A Note about the Text
  • Abbreviations
  • PART I PRELIMINARIES
  • PART II GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
  • PART III EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
  • PART IV ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY
  • PART V CONCLUSIONS
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix 1: Estimated Values of the Chairs in the Scottish Universities for the 1690s, 1725, 1760, 1795
  • Appendix 2: Average Total Incomes of the Professors from All Sources by Faculty
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects