John Cameron Bryce
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John Cameron Bryce was a Scottish academic, first Bradley Professor of English Literature in the University of Glasgow
and editor of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith
.
Bryce was born at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
, Scotland. After attending Hamilton Academy
, of which he was a Dux medallist
, Bryce matriculated in the Faculty of Arts
, University of Glasgow
, in 1927, graduating in 1932 Master of Arts (Scotland)
with a First in English language and literature. Having been awarded the four-year George A. Clark Scholarship, Bryce spent the first year of his scholarship at the University of Heidelberg; his second year at the Sorbonne
; and his remaining two years at Oriel College, Oxford.
After this set-back, in 1938 he took up a post as assistant lecturer in the English Department, University of Glasgow
, at which he was to spend the rest of his career, ‘till his retirement in 1979. In 1955, Bryce was appointed a senior lecturer and in 1965 appointed the first holder of the Bradley Chair in English Literature.
, Professor Andrew Skinner, enlisted Bryce as a co-editor and as editor of Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric, drawn from students’ notes on Smith’s ‘lost’ lectures that had been discovered by Professor John Lothian at a sale in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1958. The resulting edited Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres were published in 1983 as Volume IV of the Glasgow Edition of Smith’s works, the complete edition of the works taking over 25 years to complete, and published to international acclaim in seven volumes between 1976 and 1987.
Bryce died at Glasgow aged 91 on 7 March 2001 as Emeritus Professor
of English literature, University of Glasgow.
Bryce endowed the Bryce Bequest at the University of Glasgow, creating the The Alexander and Dixon Scholarship for the PhD in English literature, in memory of Professor Peter Alexander, former Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, and of Professor W. Mac Neile Dixon.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
and editor of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
.
Early life and education
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...
, Scotland. After attending Hamilton Academy
Hamilton Academy
Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on...
, of which he was a Dux medallist
Dux
Dux is Latin for leader and later for Duke and its variant forms ....
, Bryce matriculated in the Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts was one of the four traditional divisions of the teaching bodies of medieval universities, the others being Theology, Law and Medicine...
, University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, in 1927, graduating in 1932 Master of Arts (Scotland)
Master of Arts (Scotland)
A Master of Arts in Scotland can refer to an undergraduate academic degree in humanities and social sciences awarded by the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, while the University of...
with a First in English language and literature. Having been awarded the four-year George A. Clark Scholarship, Bryce spent the first year of his scholarship at the University of Heidelberg; his second year at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
; and his remaining two years at Oriel College, Oxford.
Career
In 1936, Bryce was appointed to a teaching post at the University of Durham but was forced to resign as eye surgery was required on a detached retina, impairing his ability to read and write.University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, at which he was to spend the rest of his career, ‘till his retirement in 1979. In 1955, Bryce was appointed a senior lecturer and in 1965 appointed the first holder of the Bradley Chair in English Literature.
Editor, Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith
The general editor of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam SmithAdam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
, Professor Andrew Skinner, enlisted Bryce as a co-editor and as editor of Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric, drawn from students’ notes on Smith’s ‘lost’ lectures that had been discovered by Professor John Lothian at a sale in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1958. The resulting edited Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres were published in 1983 as Volume IV of the Glasgow Edition of Smith’s works, the complete edition of the works taking over 25 years to complete, and published to international acclaim in seven volumes between 1976 and 1987.
Bryce died at Glasgow aged 91 on 7 March 2001 as Emeritus Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of English literature, University of Glasgow.
Bryce endowed the Bryce Bequest at the University of Glasgow, creating the The Alexander and Dixon Scholarship for the PhD in English literature, in memory of Professor Peter Alexander, former Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, and of Professor W. Mac Neile Dixon.