Ruddiman, Thomas
Record IDcnp02308508
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Biographical Data1674 - 1757
Place of DeathEdinburgh
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Printer, classical scholar and librarian. Born 1674, Raggel, Banffshire. Educated at Inverboyndie parish school, then won a prize and bursary to study at King's Coll., matriculated 1690. Graduated M.A 1694. Worked as tutor to the family of Sir John Ogilvy, then Robert Young. Schoolmaster at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire 1695. Moved to Edinburgh 1700, began work as a copyist in the Advocates' Library. Assistant librarian, 1702. Employed by Robert Freebairn as a proofreader and editor, 1706. Established his own printing business by 1712. Published Rudiments of the Latin tongue 1714. Founded a literary society in Edinburgh 1718. Took over printing of the Caledonian Mercury 1724, acquired whole interest in the newspaper 1729. Appointed to the University of Edinburgh 1728. Keeper of the Advocates' Library, 1730-52. Died Edinburgh 1757. Library sold in Edinburgh 1758.
Adresse: Morocco's Close. - Zeitraum: 1724
Philologe
À partir de 1715, a travaillé en association avec son frère cadet Walter I Ruddiman. À partir de 1728, associé à James Donaldson comme imprimeur de l'université
Keeper of the Advocates' Library; philologist
PND-Grundbestand
Imprimeur-libraire ; imprimeur de l'université [d'Édimbourg] (1728). - Philologue, grammairien et critique. Assistant-bibliothécaire des avocats d'Édimbourg à partir de 1702, commissaire-priseur de livres à partir de 1707 et professeur à Dundee en 1710, il se lance dans l'imprimerie en 1715. Imprimeur puis propriétaire du "Caledonian Mercury" (1724). Garde de la bibliothèque des avocats d'Édimbourg de 1730 à 1752. En 1739, il cède la moitié de son affaire à son fils Thomas II Ruddiman ; à la mort de ce dernier (sept. 1747), il en reprend l'entière direction
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Further Biographical Data1674-1757
1674-1757
1674-1757
10.1674-19.01.1757
1674-1757
Dates of Activity1715-1757
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Profession / OccupationImprimeur-libraire
ActivityDrucker (gnd)
Philologe (gnd)
Type de document concerné: Texte imprimé
Drucker (gnd) (1715 - 1757)
Geographic NoteGroßbritannien
GB (iso3166)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Place of Activity
Place of ActivityEdinburgh (1715 - 1757)
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Edinburgh; In Morocco's close. - In the Parliament close (1715 - 1757)
Edinburgh (1715 - 1757)
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Wirkungsort
Edinburgh (1715 - 1757)
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Place of DeathEdinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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HeadingRuddiman, Thomas
used in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)
used in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Ruddiman, Thomas
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
Ruddiman, Thomas
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Ruddiman, Thomas
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Ruddiman, Thomas
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Variant NameRuddiman, T.
Ruddimannus, Thomas
Ruddiman, Thos.
Ruddimann, Thomas
Ruddimanus, Thomas
Rudimannus, Thomas
Ruddiman, Thomas, I
Rudiman, Thomas
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Found inDNB. — Fasti 217. — Drummond 307. — PND. — Plomer 2, S. 258 259. — Britsh Biographical Archive I 953,145-194. — II 1745,45-46. — III 392,142-149. — Timperley. — Plomer, 1668-1725. — Plomer, Bushnell, Dix. — GK55. — Plomer 2, S. 258 259
Imprint SourcesDe arme twyfelende christen, genadert tot Christus... / By Thomas Hooker. ; Translated into Dutch by H..., 1773
The sovles preparation for Christ: being a treatis... / [By Thomas Hooker]..., 1638
Buchanan, George: Opera omnia. - 1715
Livius, Titus: Historiae ab urbe condita
Ruddiman, Thomas: Institutiones Grammaticae Latinae
Ruddiman, Thomas: Institutiones Grammaticae latinae. - 1823
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