Durie, John
(c. 1544–1588)
- Alasdair Roberts
Extract
Durie, John (c. 1544–1588), Jesuit, was probably born at Dunfermline in Fife where his father, George Durie (d. 1577), became abbot; his uncle, Andrew Durie, was bishop of Galloway, and his older brother George also returned to the Scottish mission as a priest. The third son of his father's liaison with ...
