About Pringle

• Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh, 1734-1745
• Advertised a private class on Pufendorf (Haakonssen, ‘Natural’ 262*)
• Career as a military physician (ODNB*)

Sir John Pringle, Bt
by William Henry Mote, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D7822
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Creative Commons Licence

*For references, please see the Site Bibliography.