A

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

OF

EMINENT SCOTSMEN.

EDITED BY

ROBERT CHAMBERS,

ONE OF THE EDITORS OF "CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL."

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME.

WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS.

DIVISION I.
ABERCROMBY-BROWN,

BLACKIE AND SON:

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND LONDON.

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