The Principal of the
University of Glasgow
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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, the University's supreme academic body. The Principal is normally also created
Vice-Chancellor
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...
of the University, conferring on him the degree-awarding powers of the
Chancellor.
Professor Sir
Anton Muscatelli
Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli (born 1 January 1962) is the Principal of the University of Glasgow and one of the United Kingdom's top economists.
Early life
Anton Muscatelli was born on 1 January 1962 in Bari, Italy to Ambrogio and Rosellina Mu ...
succeeded Sir
Muir Russell
Sir Alastair Muir Russell (born 9 January 1949) is a Scottish retired civil servant and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, and Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.
Early life
Russell was b ...
as Principal on 1 October 2009
The University of Glasgow News
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 John Mair may refer to:
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* 1523 - James Lindsay
* 1527 - Alexander Logan
* 1540 - Alexander Hamilton
* 1547 - John Hamilton
* 1555 - John Houston
* 1556 - John Davidson
* 1574 - Andrew Melville
Andrew Melville (1 August 1545 – 1622) was a Scottish scholar, theologian, poet and religious reformer. His fame encouraged scholars from the European continent to study at Glasgow and St. Andrews.
He was born at Baldovie, on 1 August 154 ...
* 1580 - Thomas Smeaton
* 1585 - Patrick Sharp
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* 1615 - Robert Boyd
* 1622 - John Cameron
* 1626 - John Strang
* 1651 - Robert Ramsay
* 1653 - Patrick Gillespie
* 1660 - Robert Baillie
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* 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
Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857) was a Scottish minister. He was twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland both in 1819 and in its most critical year of 1843. He was Principal of Glasgow University from 1823 to 1857.
Life
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* 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)
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In the United States, the principal is the head of school at most pre-university, non-boarding schools.
Cana ...
* Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
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* Rector of the University of Glasgow
The (Lord) Rector of the University of Glasgow is one of the most senior posts within the institution, elected every three years by students. The theoretical role of the rector is to represent students to the senior management of the university ...
* Ancient university governance in Scotland
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