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See also:RUDDIMAN, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1674–1757) , Scottish classical See also:scholar, was See also:born in See also:October 1674, at Raggal, See also:Banffshire, where his See also:father was a See also:farmer. He was educated at See also:Aberdeen University, and through the See also:influence of Dr See also:Archibald See also:Pitcairne he was made assistant in the See also:Advocates' Library, See also:Edinburgh. His See also:chief writings at this See also:period were See also:editions of See also:Florence See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson's De Animi Tranquillitate Dialogus (1707), and the Cantici Solomonis Paraphrasis Poetica (1709) of See also:Arthur See also:Johnston (1587–1641), editor of the Deliciae Poetarum Scotorum. On the See also:death of Dr Pitcairne he edited his friend's Latin verses, and arranged for the See also:sale of his valuable library to See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great of See also:Russia. In 1714 he published Rudiments of the Latin See also:Tongue, which was See also:long used in Scottish See also:schools. In 1715 he edited, with notes and annotations, the See also:works of See also:George See also:Buchanan in two volumes See also:folio. As Ruddiman was a Jacobite, the liberal views of Buchanan seemed to him to See also:call for frequent censure. A society of scholars was formed in Edinburgh to " vindicate that incomparably learned and pious author from the calumnies of Mr Thomas Ruddiman"; but Ruddiman's remains the See also:standard edition, though George See also:Logan, See also:John Love, John See also:Man and others attacked him with great vehemence. He founded (1715) a successful See also:printing business, and in 1728 was appointed printer to the university. He acquired the Caledonian See also:Mercury in 1729, and in 1730 was appointed keeper of the Advocates' Library, resigning in 1752. He died in Edinburgh, on the 19th of See also:January 1757•
Besides the works mentioned, the following writings of Ruddiman deserve See also:notice: An edition of Gavin See also:Douglas's Aeneid of See also:Virgil (171o) ; the editing and completion of See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson's Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scoliae See also:Thesaurus (1739); See also:Catalogue of the Advocates' Library (1733–42); and a famous edition of See also:Livy (1751). He also helped See also:Joseph See also:Ames with the Typographical Antiquities. Ruddiman was for many years the representative scholar of See also:Scotland. See also:Writing in 1766, Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, after reproving See also:Boswell for some See also:bad Latin, significantly adds—" Ruddiman is dead."_. When Boswell proposed to write Ruddiman's See also:life, " I should take See also:pleasure in helping you to do See also:honour to him," said Johnson.
See See also:Chalmers's Life of Ruddiman (1794) ; Scots See also:Magazine, January 7, 1757.
End of Article: RUDDIMAN, THOMAS (1674–1757)
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