PILLANS

James (son of James Pillans, printer). b. Edinburgh April 1778; educ. Edinb. high school and univ., M.A. 30 Jany. 1801, LL.D. 22 April 1863; a private tutor at Eton college; rector of the high school Edinb. Jany. 1810 to Aug. 1820; introduced a monitorial system and attracted pupils from all parts of the world; profe or of humanity and laws in univ. of Edinb. 17 Aug. 1820, resigned 11 April 1863; made tours to inspect the educational systems of France, Ireland, Pru ia, and Switzerland; gave evidence before the committee of house of commons on education 1834; an early advocate for compulsory education; edited Eclogæ Ciceroni anæ 1845; Excerpta ex Taciti anna lib us 1848; The five latter books of the first decade of Livy 1849; author of Outlines of geography, principally ancient, Edinb. 1847; First steps in the physical and cla ical geography of the ancient world, Edinb. 1853, 13 ed. 1882; Elements of physical and cla ical geography 1854; Contributions to the cause of education 1856; Educational papers, Edinb. 1862. d. 41 Inverleith row, Edinburgh 27 March 1864. bur. in graveyard of St. Cuthbert’s church, Edinb. 1 April. Memoir of James Pillans By an old student (1869); Grant’s Story of the univ. of Edinb. ii 80, 84, 320–2 (1884); Proc. of Royal soc. of Edinb. v 303 (1866).