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Headrick, James (bap. 1759, d. 1841), Church of Scotland minister, agronomist, and geologist  

J. H. Burns

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Headrick, James (bap. 1759, d. 1841), Church of Scotland minister, agronomist, and geologist, was baptized in the Stirlingshire parish of Logie on 25 March 1759, second of eight children of John Headrick (b. c.1730), farmer, and Isabel, née Neilson (b...

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Trimmer, Joshua (1795–1857), geologist and agriculturist  

H. S. Torrens

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Trimmer, Joshua (1795–1857), geologist and agriculturist, was born at North Cray, Kent, on 11 July 1795, the eldest son of Joshua Kirby Trimmer (1767–1829), and his wife, Eliza Thompson (d. in or after 1857). His grandmother was the writer Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810)...