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William Manderstown

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Scottish philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris

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According to Wikipedia, William Manderstown was a Scottish philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris. Life He was born in the diocese of St. Andrews, probably at the town of Manderston, Stirlingshire. Educated apparently at St. Andrews, he then attended the University of Paris, where he graduated licentiate in medicine, and became one of the school of Terminists . On 15 December 1525, he succeeded Jean Tixier de Ravisi as rector of the University of Paris. Before 1539 he returned to Scotland, where he and John Mair co-founded a bursary or chaplaincy in St. Salvator's, and endowed it with the rents of houses in South Street, St. Andrews. On 3 April in the same year, Manderstown witnessed a charter at Dunfermline Monastery. He also served as rector in Gogar.

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