Ritchie, William ♂

Education

Student United College 1770-1773 b, s, t. (Ternar).

Birth/childhood

Born 1756 son of [ ] Ritchie, farmer, Methven.

Career

Parochial schoolmaster Abernethy 1774-1779. Usher Perth Grammar School 1779-1786. Rector High school of the Canongate 1786 - 1795. Taught English to the Count D’Artois afterwards Charles X of France when in Holyrood. Classical master Edinburgh High School 1795 - 1818 (retired). Travelled widely including Malta, Palestine and Egypt. [Teacher]

Publications

Death

Died in the house of his cousin, William (1766) 11.1.1822.

Sources

• Perth Academy p71
• Blackwood’s Mag. 11 263
• Stevens, Hist. High School of Edinburgh p101