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Previous Principals of the University of Edinburgh.
- 1994 Professor Sir Stewart Sutherland
- 1987 Sir David Smith
- 1979 Sir John Burnett
- 1974 Professor Sir Hugh Robson
- 1965 Sir Michael Swann
- 1948 Sir Edward Appleton
- 1944 Sir John Fraser, Bt.
- 1929 Sir Thomas Holland
- 1916 Sir James Ewing
- 1903 Sir William Turner
- 1885 Sir William Muir
- 1868 Sir Alexander Grant, Bt.
- 1859 Sir David Brewster
- 1840 John Lee
- 1793 George Husband Baird
- 1762 William Robertson
- 1754 John Gowdie
- 1736 William Wishart, secondus
- 1732 James Smith
- 1730 William Hamilton
- 1716 William Wishart
- 1703 William Carstares
- 1690 Gilbert Rule
- 1685 Alexander Munro
- 1675 Andrew Cant
- 1662 William Colvill
- 1653 Robert Leighton
- 1623 John Adamson
- 1622 Robert Boyd
- 1620 Patrick Sands
- 1599 Henry Charteris
- 1586 Robert Rollock, prev. Regent
This article was published on Apr 2, 2009