George Stuart (classicist)

George Stuart FRSE LLD (1715–18 June 1793) was an 18th-century Scottish classicist. He was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-10-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Life

From 1741 to 1775 he was Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh also serving as the University Librarian during this period. The humanities course included the teaching of Latin and the study of Roman Antiquities.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

In 1773 he was living in private rooms at Old College.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1773

He corresponded with many well-known figures of the period including William Smellie{{Cite web |title=William Smellie MSS 2011 |url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/media/269242/william_smellie_mss_2011.pdf |website=www.nms.ac.uk}} David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan and William Little of Liberton.{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-510|title=Correspondence of Professor George Stuart (d. 1793) - Archives Hub|website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk|access-date=2019-06-16}}

He died at Fisherrow in Musselburgh on 18 June 1793.{{Cite web|url=http://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php/George_Stuart_(c1715-1793)|title=George Stuart (c1715-1793) - Our History|website=ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk|access-date=2019-06-16}}

Family

He was father of Gilbert Stuart (1742-1786) who predeceased him.

References

Category:1715 births

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Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh

Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh