Patrick Cumming, Professor of Oriental Languages, Glasgow University

Biographical Summary

Cumming (Cumin), Patrick. 11/10/1741-27/10/1820. Ref: 376. Male.

• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Philologist.
• Appointments Held: Professor 1761-1814, Oriental Languages, Glasgow University.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA (Edinburgh 1760).
• Father: Rev Patrick Cumming, Professor of Church History, Edinburgh University 1737-62.
• References: Shapin 118.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Notes: his tenure of a Professorial Chair of 59 years was (is ?) a record.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5.

Other References

• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VII, page 406