15- Henry Spittal David Guthrie 1519 Robert Gray 1520 John Hay Duncan Norrie Gilbert Skeyne HUMANISTS. 1614 Andrew Cant the elder 1625 James Harvey 1628 George Mylne REGENTS. 1572 George Paterson 1580 Robert Mercer Robert Burnett James Strathauchin 1602 Patrick Guthrie Appears to have held the offices of Humanist at Marischal College and Rector of the Grammar School of Aberdeen at the same time. One of the Latin poets of the Delitiæ Poet. Scot. + Appointed Rector of the Grammar School of Aberdeen in 1663, and held both offices conjointly. Previously Humanist at Marischal College. Dean of Aberdeen. Very prominent at the Reformation in 1560. His Arms in College Quadrangle. § Previously Rector of the Grammar School of Aberdeen. Afterwards Regent, Edinburgh University. 1646 Patrick Saudelands+ 1651 John Strachan + Gilbert Ruile 1652 Hugh Anderson 1656 Andrew Massie 1657 William Johnston 1659 George Gordon 1663 Robert Forbes [ 1669 Henry Scougal 1673 George Middleton George Garden 1674 John Buchau 1679 George Fraser 1684 William Black REGENTS (Continued). 1686 Alex. Fraser, Prof. of Greek, 1700 1687 George Skene 1800 William Duncan, Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Mathematics, 1811 1811 William Paul, Professor of Natural Philosophy John Tulloch, Professor of Mathematics 1817 Daniel Dewar, Professor of Moral Philosophy ++ 1819 Andrew Alexander, Professor of Moral Philosophy $$ 1820 John Lee, Professor of Moral Philosophy i Previously Regent, Marischal College; afterwards Professor in the Scots College at Madrid. + Previously Regent, Marischal College. Afterwards Rector of the Scots College at Rome. § Afterwards first Earl of Aberdeen. Previously Regent, Marischal College. Afterwards Professor of Humanity, Edinburgh University. ** Author of the "Inquiry into the Human Mind," &c. of Moral Philosophy, Glasgow University. Afterwards Professor Resigned the office of Sub-Principal, and was re-appointed to a simple Regency. Afterwards Principal of Marischal College. $$ Afterwards Professor of Greek, United College, St. Andrews. At the same time Professor of Church History, St. Mary's College, St. Andrews; afterwards Principal of the United College, St. Andrews, and later of the University of Edinburgh. REGENTS (Continued). 1821 Hercules Scott, Professor of Moral | 1851 Frederick Fuller, Mathematics Professor of Philosophy 1834 John Fleming, Professor of Natural 1854 Peter Colin Campbell, Professor of Philosophy Greek 1845 David Thomson, Professor of 1855 William Duguid Geddes, Professor Natural Philosophy of Greek. Author of the "Philosophy of Zoology"; subsequently Professor of Natural History in the New College, Edinburgh. Author of "Life of God in the Soul of Man," &c. Previously Professor of Divinity, Marischal College; author of the " on Taste". Essay Marischal College and University. ALTHOUGH the Foundation Charter of 1593 contemplates the existence of a Chancellor, it prescribes no mode of election, and the successors of the Founder-the Earls Marischal-under the title of "Patrons of the Earl Marischal's College "-seem to have been regarded as Chancellors until their forfeiture in 1715. In 1727, a petition was presented to George II., representing the difficulties experienced from the want of a Chancellor, and praying His Majesty to appoint the Duke of Cumberland to the Office. The result of the petition is unknown. The first recorded appointment of a Chancellor is that of the Earl of Bute in 1761, "as the office is become vacant by the death of his Grace the Duke of Argyll". From that time the Chancellor was elected for life by the Senatus Academicus. Besides a Rector to be chosen annually by the "suppositi," divided into four Nations, the Charter established an official entitled the Dean of Faculty (to be elected at the same time by the Chancellor, Rector, Principal, Regents, and Senior Minister of Aberdeen), whose duty was to preside at Examinations, and at the granting of Degrees. No formal record of these elections is extant of earlier date than 1664. The officials charged with the ordinary work of tuition were the Principal and Three Regents, to whom a fourth was added in 1620, when the Principalshipt was temporarily conjoined with the Divinity Chair. It was the intention of the Founder that * The Duke of Cumberland, who in 1727 was only six years of age, became, in 1746, Chancellor of St. Andrews. + The Principalship in Marischal College was in two instances, in the 17t century, held by Doctors of Medicine. each Regent should devote himself to the teaching of some special branch or branches; and this system seems to have prevailed until the short-lived union with King's College in 1641, after which date each Regent began to carry his students through all the four years of the curriculum. After 1717 one of the Regents was, in tardy compliance with the Act of Visitation of 1700, set apart to the duties of Professor of Greek, and in 1753, the other Regencies became Professorships of Moral Philosophy, of Natural Philosophy, and of Civil and Natural History respectively. To the original offices the following Professorships were added -Mathematics in 1613,* Divinity in 1625, Medicine in 1700, Oriental Languages in 1732, Chemistry in 1793, Church History in 1833, Humanity, Anatomy, and Surgery in 1839, and that of Medical Logic and Medical Jurisprudence in 1857. * No Professor of Mathematics was appointed until 1626. +Further details as to the Officials will be found in the New Spalding Club's Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae, vol. ii., 1898. See under King's College (list of Principals). |