Bruce, John, 1744-1826
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Name (Latin)
Bruce, John, 1744-1826
Other forms of name
Bruce, John, 1745-1826
Date of birth
1745
Date of death
1826-04-06
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Bible--Publication and distribution
Ethics
Teaching
Occupation
College teachers
Historians
Politicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Oxford DNB online, 27 June 2019(Bruce, John (1744-1826), historian, was the elder son of Andrew Bruce ... of Grangemyre or Grangehill, shipmaster at Kinghorn, Fife; was baptized at Forres on 8 November 1744; was rewarded with reversion of the patent of king's printer for Scotland. It did not come to him until 1809, but made his fortune with its accompanying monopoly to print and publish the Bible north of the border; 1820 he bought Falkland, Fife, with the remains of the royal palace, which he began restoring; died at Nuthill, on 16 April 1826)
- Wikipedia, 27 June 2019(John Bruce (historiographer); John Bruce of Grangehill and Falkland FRS FRSE (1744-1826) was a Scottish academic, politician and historiographer to the East India Company; He was born in Fife in 1744 or 1745; studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he was then appointed assistant professor of logic to John Stevenson, and professor of moral philosophy; Bruce was rewarded by a share, with Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet of the reversion of the patent of king's printer and stationer for Scotland; Member of Parliament for Mitchell, Cornwall, from February 1809 till July 1814; founded the Speculative Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh; died at his home of Nuthill House in Fife, on 16 April 1826)
- His First principle of philosophy, 1780:t.p. (John Bruce)
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Professor John Bruce, 1745 - 1826. Historian
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John Bruce of Grangehill and Falkland FRS FRSE (1744–1826) was a Scottish academic, politician and historiographer to the East India Company.
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