Bonar, James (1757–1821), Greek scholar and writer, was born on 29 September 1757, the eighth son of the ten children of John Bonar (1721–1761), minister of Cockpen and Perth, and Christian Currier (1724–1771). He was educated at Edinburgh high school and at the ...
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Bonar, James (1757–1821), Greek scholar and writer
Philip Carter
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Burnet, John (1863–1928), Greek scholar
J. A. Smith
revised by N. G. Wilson
Burnet, John (1863–1928), Greek scholar, was born at Edinburgh on 9 December 1863, the eldest child of John Burnet, advocate, and his wife, Jessie, daughter of Dr James Cleghorn Kay RN. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and was also for a few months at a school near ...
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Burnet, John (1863–1928)
Maker: Walter Stoneman
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John Burnet (1863–1928) by Walter Stoneman, 1917 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Dunlop, Alexander (1684–1747), Greek scholar and university teacher
J. M. Rigg
revised by Campbell F. Lloyd
Dunlop, Alexander (1684–1747), Greek scholar and university teacher, was born in the North American colony of Carolina, the son of William Dunlop (1653/4–1700) and his wife, Sarah Carstairs, a cousin who was the sister of William Carstares (1649–1715), a leading politician in Scotland...
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Finlay, George (1799–1875), philhellene and historian
J. M. Hussey
Finlay, George (1799–1875), philhellene and historian, the younger son of Major John Finlay RE FRS (1757–1802) and Helen (née Thomson) and the grandson of James Finlay, a Glasgow merchant, was born on 21 December 1799 at Faversham, Kent. His father died in 1802, and in 1805 his mother married ...
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Finlay, George (1799–1875)
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George Finlay (1799–1875) by Charles Henry Jeens Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
