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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3674/2/1/1
Alt Ref NoMS 3674 Box 1; MS 3674 Box 7
TitleTestimonials supporting William Robertson Smith's application for the Chair of Hebrew in the Free Church College, Aberdeen (printed)
Date1870
Extent5 items
DescriptionPrinted booklet, 36 pages, (2 copies); together with separate leaflet of testimonials (3 copies) from William Robertson Smith's Edinburgh students.
The booklet contains 33 testimonials, from Robert Rainy and other professors of the New College, Edinburgh; from Dr Albert Ritschl, Profesor of Theology at Göttingen and other German theologians and philosophers; and from the Rev. Dr P.C. Cambell, Principal of Aberdeen University, and other leading academic figures at Aberdeen and Edinburgh. The additional testimonials are from students at the New College, Edinburgh, where William Robertson Smith was the Hebrew Tutor.
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