It was in the year 1774 that the university of Aberdeen conferred on one who, though but a temporary resident, might well be reckoned among her most distinguished alumni, the honorary degree of D. D. This appears to have been done on the motion of his friend, and former fellow-, student, Professor Thomas Gordon; and it is said that when he obtained his diploma, being totally unapprised that any such thing was in agitation, he was much discomposed, and could scarcely be prevailed on to assume the title. No man, indeed, was ever more averse to parade of any kind.
After Mr. Walker's departure from the academy in 1773, the funds of the institution being not thought adequate to the maintenance of a third tutor, Dr. Enfield undertook the mathematical department, and Dr. Aikin exonerated him of the classical part of his former charge. Though this