Gardiner, William ♂

Education

LL.D. 4.5.1785 on testimonials signed by Alexander Fraser Tytler, [ ] Abercrombie, advocate, and Henry Mackenzie, advocate, Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Born c. 1750.

Career

Educated Edinburgh University.

Ordained in Episcopal Church. Pastor English Church, Dantzig [now Gdańsk, Poland]1790-1806. Returned to Scotland and resided Edinburgh where he was assistant at St John’s Episcopal Church. [Minister]

Published English translations of Terence’s plays and perhaps other dramatic works.

The Andria & Eunuchus of Terence, [trans. Rev. William Gardiner]. (Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1821)

Death

Died 18.7.1835 "at an advanced age".

Sources

• Ralston Inglis, The dramatic writers of Scotland, Glasgow, 1812 p45