Papers of Agionly Ross Carson, 1780-1850, Classical Scholar, Rector of Edinburgh High School, Edinburgh, Scotland

Correspondence, addressed to his wife, relating to his unsuccessful candidacy for the Chair of Greek at the University of Glasgow, Scotland 1821

Agionly Ross Carson was born in 1780 . He studied at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland until 1797 . He was then appointed headmaster of Dumfries Grammar School, Dumfries, Scotland, in 1801 . He became the classical master of Edinburgh High School, Edinburgh, in 1806 , and the rector of that school in 1820 . He received his LLD from the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, in 1826 . He retired from his position of rector of Edinburgh High School in 1845. He died in 1850.

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Gifted, January 1962, ACCN 4121

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GB 0236, NRA(S)1726, NRA 21845 RHS Letters to Aglionly Ross Carson, relating to school and miscellaneous topics (Edinburgh City Archives). For contact details of all repositories with a GB code, see the Archon repository search page, at the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

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