Aird, Thomas
(male)
08/28/1802 - 04/25/1876
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Poet, essayist, and journalist; edited Edinburgh Weekly Journal; wrote The Old Batchelor in the Scottish Village (1845), Poetical Works (1848); contributed to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. See Boase I: 34, ODNB.
Alexander, William Lindsay
(male)
08/24/1808 - 12/20/1884
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; St. Andrews University
Minister of Newington; pastor of Augustine Church, Edinburgh; wrote articles in Encyclopedia Britannica. See Boase I: 45, ODNB.
Alison, Archibald
(male)
12/29/1792 - 05/23/1867
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Historian and lawyer; wrote at least 50 articles for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine; noted high Tory, opposed to Parliamentary reform; wrote History of Europe during the French Revolution (1833-1842); attacked Malthus. See Boase I: 47, ODNB.
Anderson, John
(male)
05/23/1805 - 03/25/1855
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
The "Rev. Dr. Anderson" cited in the Calcutta Review is likely the scholarly Church of Scotland missionary John Anderson who was based in Madras; he published the Native Herald, started schools, and wrote. See Boase I: 63, ODNB.
Angus, Joseph
(male)
01/16/1816 - 08/28/1902
English
University of Edinburgh; King's College, London
Baptist divine; wrote on Egyptian history and biblical subjects.
Aytoun, William Edmonstoune
(male)
06/21/1813 - 08/04/1865
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Poet, professor of rhetoric at Edin. University; solicitor; contributed to Blackwood's Magazine from 1836 to 1865; wrote Firmilian (a poetic parody) in 1854, Norman Sinclair (a novel) in 1861. See Boase I: 115-6, ODNB.
Badham, Charles
(male)
04/17/1780 - 11/10/1845
English
University of Edinburgh; Pembroke College, Oxford
Professor of Medicine in the University of Glasgow; classical scholar; travelled extensively; translated Juvenal. See ODNB.
Barlow, Henry Clark
(male)
11/12/1806 - 1876
English
University of Edinburgh
Dantologist; spent several years in Italy; wrote Francesca da Rimini her lament and vindication (1859) and other works. See Boase I: 167-8.
Baynes, Thomas Spencer
(male)
03/24/1823 - 05/31/1887
English
University of Edinburgh
Philosopher and journalist; assistant editor of the Daily News; Professor of Logic and English Literature at St Andrews University; contributed to Edinburgh Review and Fraser's Magazine; superintended ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Beattie, William
(male)
02/23/1793 - 03/17/1875
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Physician to the Duke of Clarence; foreign secretary to British Archeological Society; travelled in France, Italy, Germany; wrote Journal of a Residence in Germany (1821), The Danube (1844), Life of Thomas Campbell (1848), other works. See Boase I: 211, ODNB.
Bell, Henry Glassford
(male)
11/08/1803 - 01/07/1874
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Writer, editor, and advocate; wrote review articles and poems; started the Edinburgh Literary Journal; published Summer and Winter Hours (1831) and My Old Portfolio (1832); president of Glasgow Athenaeum. See Boase I: 227-8, ODNB.
Bell, Jonathan Anderson
(male)
1809 - 02/28/1865
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Architect; secretary to the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland; wrote Poems (privately printed, 1865). See Boase I: 229-30, ODNB.
Birdwood, George Christopher Molesworth
(ma;e)
12/08/1832 - 06/28/1917
unknown
University of Edinburgh
Anglo-Indian official, naturalist, and writer; returned to England in 1868 and worked in India Office. Known to have contributed to the Athenaeum.
Blackie, John Stuart
(male)
07/28/1809 - 03/02/1895
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Professor of Greek at Edin. Univ.; wrote for Blackwood's Magazine and Foreign Quarterly Review; translated Goethe's Faust and dramas of Aeschylus; author of Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece and many other books. See Boase IV: 415-416, ODNB.
Blackwood, John
(male)
12/07/1818 - 10/29/1879
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Publisher; managed London branch of Blackwood 1840-45, headed firm from 1852; editor of Blackwood's Magazine from 1845 to death. See Boase I: 300, ODNB.
Brewster, Sir David
(male)
12/10/1781 - 02/10/1868
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Scientist; founded Scottish Society of Arts; principal of Univ. of St. Andrews; invented lens for lighthouses, kaleidoscope; wrote Treatise on the Microscope (1837), Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler (1841), other works. See Boase I: 394, ODNB.
Brougham, Henry Peter
(male)
09/19/1778 - 05/07/1868
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Statesman and author; one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review; barrister and M.P.; Lord Chancellor 1830-1834. See Boase I: 426, ODNB.
Brydson, Rev. Thomas
(male)
1804 - 01/28/1855
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow
Minister and poet; wrote Poems (1829), Pictures of the Past (1832); contributed to Edinburgh Literary Journal. See Boase I: 456-7, ODNB.
Carlyle, John Aitken
(male)
07/07/1801 - 12/15/1879
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Physician and scholar; published Dante's Divine Comedy (1849); edited Irving's History of Scottish Poetry (1861). See Boase I: 549, ODNB.
Carlyle, Thomas
(male)
12/04/1795 - 02/05/1881
Scottish
University of Edinburgh
Philosopher and author; noted lecturer; works include Sartor Resartus (1835), Life of Frederick the Great (1858-65). See Boase I: 549-550, ODNB.
