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John Stuart Blackie
John Stuart Blackie was one of the most impressive and influential figures of nineteenth-century Scotland, as well as one of the most striking and flamboyant. As an intellectual he translated Goethe's Faust and brought first-hand knowledge of German philosophy to Scotland as a means of keeping the Enlightenment tradition alive. As first Professor of Humanity at Aberdeen from 1839 to 1852 and then as Professor of Greek at Edinburgh until 1882, he played a, perhaps the, central role in modernising the Scottish university curriculum, removing the dead hand of theological orthodoxy, raising standards (and the entry age), introducing tutorial teaching and establishing new chairs (including the Ed...
The Life of Professor John Stuart Blackie, the Most Distinguished Scotsman of the Day
The Life Of Professor John Stuart Blackie, The Most Distinguished Scotsman Of The Day. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Bibliography of James Maidment, Esq. Advocate, Edinburgh. From the Year M.DCCC.XVII to M.DCCC.LXXVIII
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
S-Zypaeus. 1878
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The book of Scotsmen Eminent for Achievements in Arms and Arts
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
