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Lectures by Doctor Hugh Blair, Profesor [sic] of Rhetoric Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh
James Wilson
Handwritten notes taken by James Wilson from a lecture by Doctor Hugh Blair, who served as the Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh from 1762-1784. His appointment marked the beginning of the teaching of English Literature at Edinburgh University and the birth of the oldest English department in the world. Learn more: https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/agents/people/1903