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Aitken, James [alias John the Painter]

(1752–1777)

Neil L. York

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/254

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Aitken, James [alias John the Painter] (1752–1777), radical and arsonist, was born in Edinburgh on 28 September 1752 to George Aitken, a blacksmith, and his wife, Magdalen. The eighth of twelve children, James qualified for admission as an impoverished student to Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh...

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date: 04 March 2021

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