Old travel Blog photograph of School Children in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Thomas Ruddiman He was born in October 1674 at Raggal, three miles from Banff in Banffshire, where his father was a farmer, and educated at the University of Aberdeen. Initially from 1695 he was schoolmaster in Laurencekirk, then in 1700, through the influence of Dr Archibald Pitcairne, he became an assistant in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. He founded in 1715 a successful printing business, and in 1728 was appointed printer to the University of Edinburgh. He acquired the Caledonian Mercury in 1729, and in 1730 was appointed keeper of the Advocates' Library, resigning in 1752. He died on 19 January 1757 and is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. The monument was erected in 1801 by his relative, Dr William Ruddiman. It stands in the north west section of the graveyard.
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