Person Anderson; John (1726 - 1796) Anderson John 1726 - 1796 British Male Roseneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 1726 13 January 1796

Education: Glasgow University Career: Officer in the corps to resist the Rebellion (1745); Professor, Oriental languages, Glasgow (1756); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgow (1760); gave popular lectures to machanics and artisans; planned the fortifications of Greenock (1759); invented a cannon and offered it the the National Convention of France (during the Revolution); left all his belongings to the educational institution in Glasgow named after him, Anderson's College Son of the minister of Roseneath Fellow 01/02/1759 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1726 - 13 Jan 1796 NA7074 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d1022a96-d1d8-49a3-a69b-d6e6201cd8f0