Alexander Bayne of Rires lived from about 1675 to June 1737 and was the first holder of the chair of Scots law at the University of Edinburgh, founding the formal academic teaching of law in Scotland at that university.
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RoleFirst holder of the chair of Scots law, University of Edinburgh 3 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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2. Alexander Bayne (Wikipedia)
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Bayne was the son of John Bayne of Logie, Fife, to whom he was served heir in general on 8 October 1700, and descended from the old family of 'Bayne of Tulloch', Dingwall, Ross-shire.
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was the first tenant of the chair of Scots law in the University of Edinburgh.
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Alexander Bayne of Rires (c. 1675
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June 1737
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was the first tenant of the chair of Scots law in the University of Edinburgh
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British academic
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