William Elphinstone

William Elphinstone (born 1431, Glasgow, Scot.—died Oct. 25, 1514, Edinburgh) was a Scottish bishop and statesman, and the founder of the University of Aberdeen. Elphinstone was probably the son of a priest and was educated at the University of Glasgow. He was ordained priest (c. 1456) and after four years as a country rector went abroad to the University of Paris, where he became reader in canon law; later he moved to Orléans. He returned...