John Major 1467-1550 Old-Fashioned and Unionist
Also styled John Mair. He was born at Gleghornie in East Lothian. The most famous scholar of his day, he was rather old-fashioned in his thinking and resistant to the bold ideas of the Italian rennaissance. He studied at Cambridge and Paris, becoming professor of theology at first Glasgow then St.Andrews. After a further eight-year spell in Paris he returned permanently to St.Andrews. He is remembered for his 'History Of Greater Britain' which he wrote with a view to promoting Anglo-Scottish relations.