John Wilde

(1764 c.-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Wilde John (c 1764-1840) Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh LBT ID: JoWilde1840	B/BAP: 1764 DIED: 1840
SOURCES: Alexander Grant, The Story of the University of Edinburgh (1884) 2:365
He was president of the Speculative Society and professor of civil law at Edinburgh University (1792-1800), he became deranged, drawing a salary while another performed his duties.
REFERENCES TO John Wilde: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 57