GLASGOW, Tun triervEnsen- or, was founded in 1451 by bishop Turnbull, who pro cured a bull of ratification from pope Nicholas V. In 1460, James, first lord Hamilton, endowed a college on the site—in the densest part of the High street—of the late build ings, the older portions of which were erected between 1632 and 1656. Queen Mary bestowed on the university 13 acres of adjacent ground. In 1577, James VI. granted increased funds in a new charter. In 1804, the university buildings and adjacent lands were sold, and handsome new buildings, designed by sir G. Gilbert Scott, were erected on the bank of the Kelvin, overlooking the West End park, which were formally opened n 1870. The total cost (of which 2150,000 have been subscribed in Glasgow, etc., and £126,000 promised by parliament) is estimated at about £470,000.
Chairs, Offlee-bearers, Degrees.—The office-bearers of the university consist of chan cellor, rector, principal, and dean of faculties. The chancellor holds his office for life, and was formerly elected by the senate, but since 1875 he is elected by the general coun cil; the rector is elected triennially by the matriculated students, who are divided, according to their place of birth, into four nations—Glottiana (Lanarkshire), Runs fortkana (Scotland n. of the Forth), Rothseiana (Bnteshire, Renfrewshire, and Ayrshire), Laudoniana (all other places). The clean of faculties is elected annually by the senate. The duties of chancellor and rector are chiefly honorary. The chairs are Latin, Greek, mathematics, logic, natural philosopy, moral philosophy, English language and litera ture, anatomy, physiology, materia medics, practice of physic, natural history, chem istry, clinical surgery and medicine, midwifery, botany, surgery, medical jurisprudence, institutes of medicine, oriental languages, divinity, church history, biblical criticism, civil law, conveyancing-, civil engineering, and practical astronomy. The degrees granted are master of arts, bachelor of science, doctor of medicine, master of surgery, bachelor of divinity, bachelor of law, bachelor of laws, doctor of divinity, and doctor of laws, the last two b•ine- honorary. The ceremony of graduation was of old con ducted with no little pomp through all its stages, from its beginning in what was called " the black stone examination," to its close in the act of "laureation" in the college hall, or one of the city churches. The number of matriculated students in 1870-71 was 1279; in 1878-79 it was upwards of 2,000. The students reside outside the college
walls; and those in the faculty of arts wear scarlet gowns.
Bursaries and Brhthitions.—There are nearly 190 bursaries for students still attend ing lectures, ranging in value from £0 to £80; and of exhibitions, fellowships, and scholarships (besides 9 common to Glasgow with the other Scottish universities), there are 40. the latter the most valuable are the four Clark scholarships, founded in 1872, and each worth £200 a year. The oldest are the Snell exhibitions, founded by John Snell, a native of Ayrshire, who in 1677 presented to the university a lauded estate, for the purpose of supporting at Balliol college, Oxford, ten students who had previously studied at Glasgow. Owing to the rise in the value of land, the foundation now main tains 14 exhibitioners, who each receive £110 a year for five years.
Libraries, Museums, library was founded prior to the reformation, and now contains about 105,000 volumes. It is supported by an annual grant of £707 from the treasury, graduation fees, the contributions of students, etc. Subsidiary libraries are attached to several of the the books being selected with a view to the subjects treated of in each class. In July, 1781, the celebrated Dr. William Hunter of London framed a will, leaving to the principal and professors of the university nis splendid col lection of coins, medals, and anatomical preparations; and for the accommodation and conservation of these, a building was erected in 1804, but they are now located in the new university. The university also possesses an observatory and a botanical garden, and several of the professors have collections of apparatus attached to their classes, illustrative of the courses delivered.
Eminent Professors and the men of eminence who have taught or studied in the university, are bishop William Elphinstone, John Major, John Spottis woode, Andrew Melville, James Melville, Robert Boyd of Trochrig, John Cameron, Zachary Boyd, Robert Baillie; James Dalrymple, first Viscount of Stair; Gilbert Bur net, bishop of Salisbury; Dr. John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury; Dr. Robert Simson, Francis Hutcheson, Dr. William Hunter, Dr. James Moor, Dr. Adam Smith, Dr. Thomas Reid, Dr. William Cullen, Dr. Joseph Black, Dr. Matthew Baillie, prof. John. Miller, Thomas Thomson, Francis Jeffrey, John Gibson Lockhart, sir William Hamil ton, and arch. Tait, the present archbishop of Canterbury.