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Authorised form of nameBruce; John (1745 - 1826)
Dates1745 - 1826
Date of birth1745
Place of deathHis seat at Nuthill, Fife
Date of death16 April 1826
ActivityEducation:
University of Edinburgh
Career:
Professor of Logic, University of Edinburgh; granted patent of King's printer and Stationer for Scotland and Keeper of the State Paper Office, through the influence of Viscount Melville; Secretary for the Latin language to the Privy Council; Historiographer to the HEIC; wrote 'First principles of Philosophy' (1780-1785)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election26/05/1791
RelationshipsHeir of the family of Bruce of Earls Hall, one of the old cadet lines of the Bruce family
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA2941
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1791/16Bruce, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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