William Spalding

(1809-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spalding, William, 1809-1859 NRA: Spalding, William (1809-1859), author DNB: Spalding, William (1809–1859), author LBT ID: WiSpald1859 VIAF ID: 59256620 LOC ID: n89642762	B/BAP: 1809-05-22 DIED: 1859-11-16
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Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, he was a Scottish advocate and student of Shakespeare who was professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres at Edinburgh (1840) and professor of logic, rhetoric, and metaphysics at St Andrews (1845).
REFERENCES TO William Spalding: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XIV Found 2: ¶ 23 ¶ 25