The Principal of the
University of Glasgow is the working head of the University, acting as its chief executive. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the University as well as its strategic planning and administration. The Principal is appointed by the University Court and is President of the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, the University's supreme academic body. The Principal is normally also created
Vice-Chancellor of the University, conferring on him the degree-awarding powers of the
Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
.
Professor Sir
Anton Muscatelli succeeded Sir
Muir Russell as Principal on 1 October 2009
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retrieved 2 October 2009
History
From around the foundation of the University in the 15th century there existed the office of the Principal Regent, who was the senior regent of the University, with jurisdiction over the other regents and the students and responsible for day-to-day administration of the College. This office developed over the years, most notably through the Universities (Scotland) Acts, although the Principal remains the chief academic officer of the University, President of the Senate, and is permitted to award degrees by virtue of his status as Vice-Chancellor. Although the office of Principal is an academic post, the Principal himself is not always an academic, as was the case with Sir William Kerr Fraser and Sir Muir Russell.
List of Principals and Vice-Chancellors
* 1460 - Duncan Bunch
* 1475 - Walter Bunch
* 1478 - John Goldsmith
* 1478 - John Doby
* 1480 - John Brown
* 1483 - Walter Leslie
* 1485 - George Crichton
* 1488 - John Goldsmith
* 1489 - John Doby
* 1498 - Patrick Coventry
* 1510 - Thomas Coutts
* 1514 - David Melville
* 1517 - David Abercromby
* 1518 - John Mair
* 1523 - James Lindsay
* 1527 - Alexander Logan
* 1540 - Alexander Hamilton
* 1547 - John Hamilton
* 1555 - John Houston
* 1556 - John Davidson
* 1574 - Andrew Melville
* 1580 - Thomas Smeaton
* 1585 - Patrick Sharp
* 1615 - Robert Boyd
* 1622 - John Cameron
* 1626 - John Strang
John Strang (1584–1654) was a Scottish minister and Principal of Glasgow University. He was a signator to the National Covenant of 1638.
Life
He was born at Irvine, Ayrshire in 1584. His father, William Strang (1547–1588), minister of Irvi ...
* 1651 - Robert Ramsay
* 1653 - Patrick Gillespie
* 1660 - Robert Baillie
Robert Baillie (30 April 16021662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters.
* 1662 - Edward Wright
* 1684 - James Fall
* 1690 - William Dunlop
* 1701 - John Stirling
* 1728 - Neil Campbell
* 1761 - William Leechman
* 1785 - Archibald Davidson
* 1803 - William Taylor
* 1823 - Duncan Macfarlan
* 1858 - Thomas Barclay
* 1873 - John Caird*
* 1898 - Robert Story
* 1909 - Sir Donald MacAlister
* 1929 - Sir Robert Sangster Rait
* 1936 - Sir Hector Hetherington*
* 1961 - Sir Charles Wilson*
* 1976 - Sir Alwyn Williams
* 1988 - Sir William Kerr Fraser*
* 1995 - Sir Graeme Davies
* 2003 - Sir Muir Russell*
* 2009 - Sir Anton Muscatelli*
(*) = denotes alumnus
See also
* Principal (university)
* Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
* Rector of the University of Glasgow
* Ancient university governance in Scotland
Resources
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References
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