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Dates 1730s-1752
Location London
Vocation Natural philosopher & classicist
Place of Birth Aberdeen
Marriage
Issue
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Attended Foveran boarding school and Marischal College, Aberdeen, graduating MA in 1737. Moved to London and worked for Robert Dodsley as a translator of French novels. Duncan published ‘The Elements of Logic’ (1748) which led to his appointment, and therefore return to Scotland, in May 1752 as one of three professors of philosophy at Marischal College.