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Description: | CRE ANONYMOUS Zachary Boyd was the author of a rhymed version of the Bible and Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1634, 1635 and 1645. At his death, he left his library and £20,000 to the University. One of the most generous benefactors of the University to date, he intended the money to be used to to fund three bursaries for theology students and to contribute to the fund for new buildings. The marble bust, one of the first works of art purchased by the University, was commissioned in 1658 and placed in a niche above an archway leading away from the Inner Quadrangle of the Old College. When the University moved to its current site in 1870, it was removed and found a new home in the Hunterian Museum. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : HEAD : MALE : UNIVERSITY : BENEFACTOR : MG1 2007 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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