Education
He was educated at King"s College, Aberdeen, of which he was elected a regent in 1766, and in that capacity he taught moral philosophy as a Professor there for thirty years.
He was educated at King"s College, Aberdeen, of which he was elected a regent in 1766, and in that capacity he taught moral philosophy as a Professor there for thirty years.
He was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. Dunbar was in favour of the amalgamation of King"s College with Marischal College. He died in his rooms at King"s College on 28 May 1798.
He was replaced by Professor Robert Eden Scott in 1800.