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Anderson, John

(1798–1839)

Lionel Alexander Ritchie

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/485

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Anderson, John (1798–1839), genealogist and writer to the signet, was born on 16 August 1798, the eldest of four children of Peter Anderson (1768–1823), a solicitor in Inverness, and his wife, Jessie Thomson (c.1766–1836). Anderson was educated for seven years at the private boarding-school in ...

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date: 02 March 2021

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