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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY


OF


EMINENT SCOTSMEN.


IN FOUR VOLUMES.


ORIGINALLY EDITED BY

ROBERT CHAMBERS.


NEW EDITION, REVISED UNDER THE CARE OF THE PUBLISHERS.


WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME,

CONTINUING THE BIOGRAPHIES TO THE PRESENT TIME.


By the Rev. THOS. THOMSON,

AUTHOR "THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL!," ETC., ETC.


WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS.


DIVISION I.
ABERCROMBY —BROWN.


BLACKIE AND SON:
GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND LONDON.
MDCCCLVII.