Reid Professor of Music
The Reid Professorship in Music is a position within the University of Edinburgh created in 1839 using an inheritance from General John Reid .
history
On his death, Reid left a fortune in excess of £ 50,000. The inheritance initially secured a livelihood for his daughter, who married a Mr. Robertson without his consent. He then left his fortune with the aim of establishing a professorship in music at the University of Edinburgh and to buy a library. It should also be used in other ways that the rector of the university and the professors consider right.
Accordingly, in 1839, after the death of his daughter, the professorship for music was established. At that time the fortune had reached £ 70,000; but the heads of the university refused to use the money for the stated main purpose and used it for the purposes mentioned in the will as subordinate. They put the professor's chair income at £ 300, the lowest level given in the will.
List of professors
- John Thomson (1838-1839)
- Henry Bishop (1841-1843)
- John Donaldson (1845-1865)
- Herbert Oakeley (1865-1891)
- Friedrich Niecks (1891–1914)
- Donald Tovey (1914-1940)
- Sidney Newman (1941-1970)
- Kenneth Leighton (1970-1988)
- Nigel Osborne (1989-2012)
proof
- ^ The Blackwatch at Ticonderoga . New York State Historical Association, Volume 10, New York 1911, pp. 430-435.
- ↑ a b Entry on John Reid in the Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-professor-who-rocked-the-establishment.17908075