William Manderstown was a Scottish philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris.

Life

He was born in the diocese of St. Andrews, probably at the town of Manderston

Manderston

Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver plated staircase...

, Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...

. Educated apparently at St. Andrews, he subsequently proceeded to the University of Paris

University of Paris

The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...

, where he graduated licentiate in medicine, and became one of the school of Terminists, at whose head was John Mair

John Mair

John Mair was a Scottish philosopher, much admired in his day and an acknowledged influence on all the great thinkers of the time. He was a very renowned teacher and his works much collected and frequently republished across Europe...

. On 15 Dec. 1525 he was chosen one of the rectors of the university of Paris. Before 1539 he had returned to Scotland, for in that year, along with John Mair, he founded a bursary or chaplaincy in St. Salvator's, and endowed it with the rents of houses in South Street, St. Andrews. On 3 April in the same year Manderstown witnessed a charter at Dunfermline Monastery, and also appears as rector of Gogar

Gogar

Gogar is a rural exurb of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the west of the city. It is not far from Gogarloch, Edinburgh Park and Maybury. The Fife Circle Line is to the north of the city.-History:The name of Gogar first appears on a map in 1233...

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Works

In 1519, with George Lokert

George Lokert

George Lokert of Ayr was a Scottish philosopher and theologian who made significant contributions to the study of logic. A pupil of John Mair, he also studied and taught at the University of Paris, and eventually served as prior of the Sorbonne...

 and Gervasius Waim, he edited the Quaestiones ac decisiones physicales of Albert of Saxony

Albert of Saxony (philosopher)

Albert of Saxony was a German philosopher known for his contributions to logic and physics...

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In 1518 Manderstown published at Paris two works, Bipartitum in Morali Philosophia Opusculum, dedicated to Andrew Forman

Andrew Forman

Andrew Forman was a Scottish diplomat and prelate who became Bishop of Moray in 1501, Archbishop of Bourges in France, in 1513, Archbishop of St Andrews in 1514 as well as the headship of several monasteries....

, and Tripartitum Epithoma Doctrinale; in the latter he was later said to have plagiarised from Jérôme de Hangest. Besides these, Thomas Tanner

Thomas Tanner (bishop)

Thomas Tanner was an English antiquary and prelate.-Life:He was born at Market Lavington in Wiltshire, and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, taking holy orders in 1694...

attributes to Manderstown: 1. In Ethicam Aristotelis ad Nicomachum Comment; 2. Quæstionem de Futuro Contingenti; 3. De Arte Chymica.