id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2448 David Hume (advocate) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1020 106 69 David Hume (advocate) Wikipedia David Hume, Baron Hume of Ninewells FRSE (1757–1838) was a Scottish advocate, judge and legal scholar, whose work on Scots criminal law and Scots private law has had a deep and continuing influence. Hume was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He became an advocate in 1779, and in 1786 was appointed Professor of Scottish Law at the University of Edinburgh, a post he retained until 1822, when he took up office as a Baron of Exchequer. Advocate, sheriff-depute, professor, baron[edit] The grave of David Hume of Ninewells, Old Calton Cemetery ^ Baron David Hume's Lectures, 1786–1822, ed by G. Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2448.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2448.txt