Spalding, William

Education

Professor of Logic and Rhetoric 11.6.1845 - 16.11.1859.

Birth/childhood

Born 2.5.1809 son of James Spalding, lawyer, Aberdeen and Frances Reid.

Career

Studied Marischal College, Aberdeen - M.A. 1827. Also at Edinburgh University 1830-1831.

Admitted advocate 1833. Professor of Rhetoric, Edinburgh University 1840-1845. [Lawyer, university professor]

Professor of Logic and Rhetoric 11.6.1845 - 16.11.1859. [St Andrews University]

Publications

Death

Died 16.11.1859.

Sources

  • Scotsman 18.11.1859 p2 col. 4
  • St Andrews Citizen 19.7.1879 p8
  • St Andrews gazette 18.4.1874 p3 col.2
  • D. Pryde, Pleasant memories p55
  • Henry Laurie, Scottish philosophy, 1902
  • Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground