John Ker (Q387552)
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* c. 1685, + November 1741, schoolmaster at Crieff, Perthshire, 1713 became a master at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1717 professor of Greek at King's College, Aberdeen, of Latin at Edinburgh University 1734
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* c. 1685, + November 1741, schoolmaster at Crieff, Perthshire, 1713 became a master at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1717 professor of Greek at King's College, Aberdeen, of Latin at Edinburgh University 1734 |
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Career: schoolmaster at Crieff, Perthshire, 1713 became a master at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1717 Ker became professor of Greek at King's College, Aberdeen, succeeded Adam Watt as professor of Latin at Edinburgh University 1734
Periodicals etc.: Latin verse in an anthology, Poetarum Scotorum musae sacrae, edited by William Lauder
Overall: Ker was a Scots Latin poet and academic who wrote Latin memorial verses, including some on the death of Archibald Pitcairne (1652–1713) and Latin lyricist Sir William Scott of Thirlestane (1624?–1725). He was instrumental in reviving exact Latin scholarship in Scotland.
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