Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow
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The Professor of Logic and Rhetoric is a professorship at the 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, one of which was the Chair of Logic and Rhetoric.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
. 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, one of which was the Chair of Logic and Rhetoric.
Holders of the Chair of Logic and Rhetoric
- John Loudon MA (1727)
- Adam SmithAdam SmithAdam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
MA LLD (1751) Later Professor of Moral PhilosophyProfessor of Moral Philosophy, GlasgowThe Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, which was established in 1727.The Nova Erectio of King James VI of Scotland shared the teaching of Moral Philosophy, Logic and Natural Philosophy among the Regents...
and Rector - James ClowJames ClowJames Clow was a minister, and the first white settler in the area which now consists of the outer-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia....
MA (1752) - George JardineGeorge JardineGeorge Jardine FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, philosopher, academic and educator. He was Professor at the University of Glasgow, of Greek from 1774, and then Professor of Logic and Rhetoric 1787 to 1824....
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 Philosophy
- Herbert James Paton MA DLitt (1927)
- Charles Arthur Campbell MA DLitt (1938)
- Rodney Julian Hurst MA (1961-1981)
- Alexander BroadieAlexander BroadieAlexander Broadie is a Scottish historian of philosophy, specialising in the fields of medieval philosophy and the philosophy of the Enlightenment. He was the first Henry Duncan Prize lecturer in Scottish Studies at the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was the Gifford Lecturer in Natural Theology...
MA PhD DLitt FRSE FBA (1995)