.... As with the Marischal professorship, he held it ad vitam aut culpam, with a six-month session leaving ample time for research and writing, but there was no doubt that a chair at Edinburgh carried more prestige. Aberdeen Bannerman Alexander Church of Scotland Dissenters Voluntaries Dunbar George Edinburgh...

... the treasure in the Museum of Marischal College until such time as a suitable museum was available in Shetland. However, the Crown, through QLTR, claimed its absolute right of ownership over the treasure based on the quod nullius principle — the vesting of the title to ownerless moveable goods...

...The chapter commences with the social and cultural influences that shaped Burton’s character and sensibilities before his move to Edinburgh, the Scottish capital in 1830, including his involvement at Aberdeen’s Marischal College with a constituted ‘Society of Writers’ which it is suggested had much...

... ignored party questions and party combinations. The Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal was approaching retirement, and Blackie had considered putting himself forward as a candidate. He was dissuaded by the Principal because of doubts about his religious views, and he decided to pursue his academic...

...This chapter talks about John Stuart Blackie as a Latin professor at Marischal College. Blackie took advantage of the fact that most students came to the university well prepared, and by the end of the second session at Marischal were able to not only speak but also think in Latin. He started...

... (n 59) 52–53 . 64 See, e.g., ibid 291 (Robert Paterson). 65 Ibid xi . 66 Ibid 410 . 67 Ibid 417 . 68 Aberdeen University Library, MS 214, Nineteen Papers Catanach 1743–45, Memoriall ffrom Some of the Members of the Marischall College 5. 69 Act of Sederunt, 31 December 1595...