Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Carson, Aglionby Ross

1381641Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 09 — Carson, Aglionby Ross1887Thomas Finlayson Henderson

CARSON, AGLIONBY ROSS (1780–1850), classical scholar and rector of the high school of Edinburgh, was born at Holywood, Dumfriesshire, in 1780. He was educated at Wallace Hall endowed school, in the parish of Closeburn, and at the university of Edinburgh, which he entered in 1797. In 1801 he was elected rector of the grammar school of Dumfries, and in 1806 a classical master of the high school of Edinburgh, of which he became rector in 1820. In 1826 he received the degree of LL.D. from the university of St. Andrews. On account of failing health he resigned the rectorship of the high school 9 Oct. 1845, and he died at Edinburgh 4 Nov. 1850. He was the author of a work on ‘The Relative, Qui, Quæ, Quod,’ and published editions of ‘Mair's Introduction,’ ‘Turner's Grammatical Exercises,’ ‘Phædrus,’ and ‘Tacitus.’ He was also a contributor to the ‘Classical Journal,’ the ‘Scottish Review,’ and the ‘Encyclopædia Britannica.’ His portrait by Sir John Watson Gordon is in the hall of the high school.

[Steven's History of the High School; Anderson's Scottish Nation.]

T. F. H.