See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

ARCHIBALD See also:

• ARCHIBALD ALISON (1757-1839)

ALISON (1757-1839)  , Scottish author, son of See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839)

Alison, See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1757 at Edinburgh . After studying at the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow and at Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, he took orders in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and was appointed in 1778 to the curacy of Brancepeth, near See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham . In 1784 he married Dorothea, youngest daughter of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Edinburgh . The next twenty years of his See also:

• LIFE

life were spent in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire, where he held in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession the livings of High Ercall, Roddington and Kenley . In 1800 he removed to Edinburgh, having been appointed See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel in the Cowgate . For See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-four years he filled this position with much ability, his See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching attracting so many hearers that a new and larger church was built for him . His last years were spent at Colinton,near Edinburgh, where he died on the 17th of May 1839 . Alison published, besides a Life of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Woodhouselee, a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of sermons, which passed through several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and a See also:

• WORK

work entitled Essays on the Nature and Principles of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

Taste (1790), based on the principle of association (see under See also:

• AESTHETICS

AESTHETICS, p . 288) . His See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son, Dr See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pulteney Alison (1790-1859), was a distinguished Edinburgh medical professor .