Previous Principals of the University of Edinburgh. 2002 Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea 1994 Professor Sir Stewart Sutherland 1987 Sir David Smith 1979 Sir John Burnett 1974 Professor Sir Hugh Robson 1965 Sir Michael Swann 1948 Sir Edward Appleton 1944 Sir John Fraser, Bt. 1929 Sir Thomas Holland 1916 Sir James Ewing 1903 Sir William Turner 1885 Sir William Muir 1868 Sir Alexander Grant, Bt. 1859 Sir David Brewster 1840 John Lee 1793 George Husband Baird 1762 William Robertson 1754 John Gowdie 1736 William Wishart, secondus 1732 James Smith 1730 William Hamilton 1716 William Wishart 1703 William Carstares 1690 Gilbert Rule 1685 Alexander Munro 1675 Andrew Cant 1662 William Colvill 1653 Robert Leighton 1623 John Adamson 1622 Robert Boyd 1620 Patrick Sands 1599 Henry Charteris 1586 Robert Rollock, prev. Regent This article was published on 2024-10-07
