See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• JOHN ANDERSON (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

ANDERSON (1726-1796)  , Scottish natural philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Roseneath, See also:

• DUMBARTONSHIRE

Dumbartonshire, in 1726 . In 1756 he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages in the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, where he had finished his See also:

• EDUCATION

education; and in 176o he was appointed to the more congenial See also:

• POST

post of professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . He devoted himself particularly to the application of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science to See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, instituting courses of lectures intended especially for artisans, and he bequeathed his See also:

• PROPERTY

property for the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of an institution for the furtherance of technical and scientific education in Glasgow, See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, now merged in the Glasgow and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland Technical College . He died in Glasgow on the 13th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1796 . His Institutes of Physics, published in 1786, went through five See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in ten years .