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Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment

Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities

Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
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This book considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews. Emerson explores the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806; from the purge following the Revolution of 1688 to the end of Henry Dundas's political career. Most professors were political appointees vetted and supported by political factions and their leaders.
Edinburgh University Press; March 2008
657 pages; ISBN 9780748631292
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