William Wishart (secundus)

William Wishart (secundus) (1691/2-1753) was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1736 to 1753. 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).

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

Preceded by James Smith	Principals of Edinburgh University 1736–1754	Succeeded by John Gowdie

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Name	Wishart, William
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Date of death	1753
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