John Anderson ( 1726 - 1796 )

Birth: Roseneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (1726) Death: 13 January 1796 Education: Glasgow University Career: Officer in the corps to resist the Rebellion (1745); Professor, Oriental languages, Glasgow (1756); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgow (1760); gave popular lectures to machanics and artisans; planned the fortifications of Greenock (1759); invented a cannon and offered it the the National Convention of France (during the Revolution); left all his belongings to the educational institution in Glasgow named after him, Anderson's College Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/02/1759.