| Administrative History | [James Dalgarno is likely to be the Reverend James Dalgarno, minister of the Free Church at Peterculter, who graduated M.A., Marischal College, 1841.]
John Shier (fl. 1831-1845) was the first person to be appointed Fordyce Lecturer in Agriculture in 1840 and held this post until 1845. He deputised for James Davidson (fl. 1792-1841), Professor of Civil and Natural History (1811-1841), from 1838-1841. |