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John Jamieson

Rev John Jamieson biJohn Kay
Born3 Mairch 1759
Glesga
Dee'd12 July 1838(1838-07-13)(aged 79)
George Square, Edinburgh
Restin place
St. Cuthbert's Cemetery, Edinburgh
NaitionalityScottish
CitizenshipGreat Britain
EddicationGlasgow Grammar School
Alma materGlesga University(1768-71)
Edinburgh University(1775-6)
College of New Jersey(DD 1795)
ThriftLicensed meenister(1781)
Meenister osecessionist congregationFarfar,Angus
Meenister o the Nicolson Street Antiburgher Church,Edinburgh (1797–1830)
Notable wirk(s)"Etymological Dictionary of The Scottish Language" (1808)
"History of the Culdees" (1811)
"Views of the Royal Palaces of Scotland" (1828)
Hauf-marrae(s)Charlotte Watson (dee'd 1837)
Notes

RevJohn JamiesonFRSEFSA ScotFRSL(3 Mairch 1759 – 12 Julie 1838) wis a Scotsmeenister o releegion,lexicographer,philologistanantiquary.His maist important wirk is theEtymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language(1808 & 1825).

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