BIB_ID
408501
Accession number
MA 9183.2
Creator
Caird, Edward, 1835-1908.
Display Date
1875 July 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Richard Claverhouse Jebb was appointed Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow in 1875. He had previously been a lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1863-1875.
Richard Claverhouse Jebb was appointed Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow in 1875. He had previously been a lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1863-1875.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Asking for any information on a person he is considering for the Anderston Church Election Committee in Glasgow; saying "Macfarlane is to preach in Glasgow week Sunday & I hope he may be liked as I c'd be very glad to press his claims if he has any chance;" asking if he could "...recommend any very sound liberal who has some gift for preaching. The Anderston Church are to a certain extent accustomed to reasonable views of things;" expressing his disappointment that Campbell "...did not succeed for the Chair: but the testimony in favour of Jebb was so very strong & from such authorities that the council were almost forced to give it him - especially as everybody kept saying that C. was lacking in vigour, which is not quite fair tho' plausible;" commenting on the excellent recommendations he received from Cambridge for such a young man.
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