William Wishart (secundus)
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William Wishart (secundus) (1691/2-1753) was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1736 to 1754. He is not to be confused with William Wishart (primus) who was principal from 1716 to 1730. He was also a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
He was a critic of George Berkeley[1] and David Hume[2], and author of A Letter from a Gentleman (1745).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Alexander Stewart, Berkeley and the Rankenian club, Hermathena 139, 1985. Reprinted in George Berkeley: Essays and replies, ed. D. Berman. Irish Academic Press, 1986.
- ^ David Hume: Life and Writings [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
- M. A. Stewart, ‘Wishart, William (1691/2–1753)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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Principals of Edinburgh University 1736–1754 |
Succeeded by John Gowdie |
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