Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow

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University of Glasgow

The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents.

In 1727 separate chairs were instituted.

This is the Chair of Logic and Rhetoric

  • John Loudon MA (1727)
  • Adam Smith MA LLD (1751) Later Professor of Moral Philsophy and Rector
  • James Clow MA (1752)
  • George Jardine MA (1774)
  • Robert Buchanan MA LLD (1827)
  • John Veitch MA LLD (1864)
  • Robert Adamson MA LLD (1895)
  • Robert Latta MA DPhil LLD (1902)
  • Archibald Allan Bowman MA LittD (1925) Later Professor of Moral Philsophy
  • Herbert James Paton MA DLitt (1927)
  • Charles Arthur Campbell MA DLitt (1938)
  • Rodney Julian Hurst MA (1961-1981)
  • Alexander Broadie MA PhD DLitt FRSE FBA (1995)

(Sources: Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Complied by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

[edit] See also

List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow