The Snell exhibitions : From the University of Glasgow to Balliol college, Oxford / By W. Innes Addison.
- Addison, W. Innes (William Innes), 1857-1912.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Snell exhibitions : From the University of Glasgow to Balliol college, Oxford / By W. Innes Addison. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Oxford, published in 1848, the statement is repeated that the epitaphs of Snell and his wife still remain, but it may not have been verified after 1845. The iteration (this time with a specific date, 1662) of the statement in Wood’s Athenae that Snell received the degree of M.A. from Glasgow University, is somewhat puzzling, as the Glasgow records of Laureati do not contain his name, either in 1662 or any other year. There is, however, a possible explanation. “ Owing to some accident, the names “of those who received the degree of Master of Arts in 1660 have not been entered “in the Record, but a blank space, equal to about half a page of the original, has “ been left, with the intention of afterwards supplying the omission. This vacant space, “however, was soon devoted to another purpose, having subsequently been filled up “by entries of the elections of the Rectors of the years 1678, 79, 80, and 81.” [Preface (p. IV.) to Vol. III. of Munimenta.] Assuming, therefore, that Wood was mistaken—as he might well be—regarding the exact date of the supposed degree, it may have been bestowed in 1660, and consequently lost sight of through this un¬ fortunate hiatus. W. I. A. University of Glasgow, February, 1902.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353460_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
