Excerpt from A History of the University of Aberdeen 1495-1895The story of the rise and progress of the Uni versity Of Aberdeen forms a peculiarly interesting chapter in the annals of the academic world, studied either by itself or as an integral part of the great educational system in which it has figured for 400 years. In the history of the North of Scotland it has, Of course, Special im portance, as a distinct factor in the making of the people and their prosperity, in the history of Universities in general, it presents several aspects of rare interest. The first point is Obvious, the second involves a preliminary explanation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.