Aurora borealis academica : Aberdeen University appreciations, 1860-1889.

Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Aurora borealis academica : Aberdeen University appreciations, 1860-1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    productions date from 1840 almost to the present time, and include text-books on astronomy, electri- city and meteorology ; a manual of English composi- tion, and treatises in mental and moral science and logic ; he has also written a Biography of James Mill, and a Criticism on John Stuart Mill, with personal recollections. Dr. Bain’s Rectorial Address, de- livered on 15th November, 1882, was upon “The University Ideal : Past and Present ”. On the retirement of Dr, Bain after his six years of office in 1887, the Right Hon. George J. Goschen, M.P., was elected Lord Rector, defeating Mr. John Morley. Born in 1831, he was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford, and first entered Parliament as member for the city of London in 1863. He held office as Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1865, was President of the Poor Law Board from December, 1868, to March, 1871, and then became First Lord of the Admiralty until February, 1874, under Mr. Gladstone’s administrations. When the break up of the Liberal party over the question of Home Rule for Ireland occurred, Mr. Goschen joined the Unionist ranks, and was elected member for the city of Edinburgh in 1885 as a Liberal Unionist. During Lord Salisbury’s second administration he was offered and accepted in January, 1887, the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer, an office which he held until the resignation of the ministry in August,