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EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS,
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EDUCATIONAL AND LITEEAEY INSTITUTIONS.
UNIVERSITY.— Founded 1450,
Chancellor— James, Bxike of Montrose, Elected 1837
Vice- Chancellor — The Principal, , 1823
i?ector— Duke of Argyll, 1854
Dean—W. Lockhart, Esq., M.P., 1854
Principal — Duncan M'Farlan, D.D., 1823
CHAIRS, FOUNDED, PEOFESSOES, ELECTED,
Divinity 1530 Alexander Hill, D.D 1840
Natural Philosophy 1577' William Thomson, M.A 1846
Moral Philosophy 1577 William Fleming, D.D 1831
Logic '. 1577 Robert Buchanan, M.A 1827
Greek 1581 Edmund L. Lushington, M.A 1838
Humanity 1637 William Ramsay, M.A 1831
Mathematics 1691 Huyh Blackburn, M.A 1849
Oriental Languages 1709 Duncan H. Weir 1850
Civil Law 1713 George Skene 1855
Practice of Medicine 1713 John M'Farlane, M.D 1852
Anatomy 1718 Allen Thomson, M.D 1848
Church History 1720 Thomas Thomson Jackson, D.D 1851
Practical Astronomy 1760 J. P. Nicol, LL.D 1836
Natural History 1807 William Couper, M.D 1829
Surgery 1815 James A. Lauiie, M.D 1850
Midwiferv 1815 John M. Pasian, M.D 1840
Chemistry 1817 Thomas Anderson, M.D 1852
Botany..". 1818 G. Walker Arnott, LL.D 1845
Materia Medica 1831 J. A. Easton, M.D 1855
Institutes of Medicine 1839 Andrew BuchanMU, M.D 1839
Forensic Medicine 1839 Harry Rainy, M.D 1840
Civil Engineering 1840 W. J. Macquorn Rankine 1855
Wallonian Lecturer.
Structure, Functions, and Diseases of the Eye, William Mackenzie, M.D.
Nathaniel Jones, Librarian ; , Sub-Librarian ; William Couper, M.D., Keeper of the Museum ;
Laurence Hill, LL,B., Factor of the College ; Rev. Duncan U. Weir, Clerk of University ; Hugh Black-
burn, Clerk of College ; John Calder, Bedellus ; Lachlau M'Pherson, Janitor ; Charaberlam, Alex.
Taylor.
HuNTERiAN Museum. — Open every lawful day to visitors, from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. in summer, and
from 12 noon till 2 p.m. in winter. Dr. William Couper, Curator; Daniel Halloran, Keeper.
ANDERSONIAN UNIVERSITY,
Founded 1796.
William Murray, F.G.S., President; Walter Crum,
Honorary Secretary ; Wm. Ambrose, Secretary ;
James M'Clellaud, Andrew Bannatyue, William
Balfour, William M'Lean, John Wilson, Dr. James
Watson, Managers.
PEOFESSORS.
Natural Philosophy, Dr. Taylor,
Chemistry, Dr. F. Penny.
Mathematics, Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry,
Mensuration, Surveying, &c., A. Laing,
Anatomy, Dr. M. S. Buchanan.
Surgery, Dr. R. Hunter.
Practice of Medicine, Dr. A. Anderson.
Materia Medica, Dr. Morton.
Institutes of Medicine, Dr. E. Walson.
Medical Jurisprudence, Dr. Crawford,
Midwifery, Dr. Paterson.
English Grammar, Composition, History, Elocution,
Geography, Astronomy, and Use of Globes, James
Brown.
German Language and Literature, J. Koerner.
French, N. Mej'er.
Museum. — This extensive collection of Natural
History, Antiquities, and other curiosities, is now
open to the public every lawful day, from 11 am.
till 3 p.m., in a splendid suite of apartments in the
University Buildings, George Street. John Jardine,
Janitor and Keeper.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,
North Hanover Street,
INCORPORATED BY SEAL OF CAUSE,
This Institution was founded by the Mechanics of
Glasgow, for obtaining instruction in the useful
branches of knowledge, especially as connected with
the arts, and was opened to all classes of the com-
munity on Nov. 5, 1823.
A fee of 5s. entitles to the rank of membership, to
attend the course of Lectures on Chemistry or Me-
chanics, and to receive books from the Librar^i-, con-
sisting of upwards of 6000 volumes, chiefly scientific
v/orks. The management is invested in a committee
of nineteen ; sixteen of whom arc chosen by ballot
from amongst the members, the remaining three
being selected from the list of Honorary Councillors,
In addition to the courses on Chemistry and
Natural Philosophy, there are now Lectures on
JIusic, Botany, &c. There are also Classes for
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