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Gilchrist, John Borthwick

(1759–1841)

Katherine Prior

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/10716

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Gilchrist, John Borthwick (1759–1841), philologist, was born in Edinburgh on 19 June 1759, the son of Walter Gilchrist and his wife, Henrietta, née Farquharson, who were married in 1756. Nothing more is known of his parentage, but as he was educated at the charitable institution of ...

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date: 08 March 2021

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