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 cated, in having the degree of Doflor of PhyOc 

 conferred upon him by the Univerfity of Aber- 

 deen; and when he returned there from Paris* 

 he was appointed ProfeiTor of Philofophy in 

 King's College. He held this profeflbrfhip for 

 three or four years, and during that time he gave 

 leftures, or rather a Complete courfe, according 

 to the method of education in that univerfity, 

 on the following important branches of know- 

 ledge. I. Mathematics. 2. Natural and Ex- 

 perimental Philofophy. 3. Ethics^ and Moral 

 Philofophy. 



In 1754 he went to London, where- he was 

 chofen Fellow of the Royal Society, and culti- 

 vated the acquaintance, and fixed the efieem and 

 friendfhip, of fome of thd mod diilinguifhed 

 literati there. Edward Montague, Efquire, an 

 eminent mathematician, and worthy man, main- 

 tained a firm friendfhip for the Dodlor, founded 

 pn the fimilarity of their manners and fludies. 

 His Lady, Mrs* Montague, and George Lord 

 Lyttehon, were of the number of his friends; 

 and it is not improbable but he would have con- 

 tinued in London, and praftifed there in his 

 profefTion, if the death of his brother James 

 Gregory, M. D. and Profeflbr of Phyfic in King's 

 College, Aberdeen, in 1756, had not occafioned 

 his being recalled to his native univerfity, to 

 fill the chair of ProfeflTor of Phyficj vacant by 

 his brother's death. His occupations in phyfic 



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