See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• CHALMERS, ALEXANDER (1759-1834)
• GEORGE CHALMERS (1742-1825)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE PAUL (1836-1878)
• CHALMERS, JAMES (1841-1901)
• CHALMERS, THOMAS (1780-1847)

CHALMERS (1742-1825)  , Scottish antiquarian and See also:

• POLITICAL

political writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FOCHABERS

Fochabers, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• MORAY

Moray, in 1742 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• CHALMERS, ALEXANDER (1759-1834)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE (1742-1825)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE PAUL (1836-1878)
• CHALMERS, JAMES (1841-1901)
• CHALMERS, THOMAS (1780-1847)

Chalmers, was a See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Chalmers of Pittensear, a small See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Lhanbryde, now St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews-Lhanbryde, in the same county, possessed by the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• FAMILY

family from about the beginning of the 17th to the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . After completing the usual course at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Chalmers studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh for several years . Two uncles on the father's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side having settled in See also:

• AMERICA

America, he visited See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland in 1763, with the view, it is said, of assisting to recover a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• LAND

land of some extent about which a dispute had arisen; and was in this way induced to commence practice as a lawyer at See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, where for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he met with much success . Having, however, espoused the cause of the Royalist party on the breaking out of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, he found it expedient to abandon his professional prospects in the New See also:

• WORLD

World, and return to his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . For the losses he had sustained as a colonist he received no See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation, and several years elapsed before he obtained an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment that placed him in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of comfort and independence . In the meantime Chalmers applied himself with See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence and assiduity to the investigation of the See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English colonies in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America; and enjoying See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the state papers and other documents preserved among what were then termed the See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation records, he became possessed of much important See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . His See also:

• WORK

work entitled Political See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• UNITED

United Colonies from their See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement to the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace of 1763, 4to, See also:

• LONDON

London, 178o, was to have formed two volumes; but the second, which should have contained the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period between 1688 and 1763, never appeared . The first See also:

• VOLUME

volume, however, is See also:

• COMPLETE

complete in itself, and traces the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original settlement of the different American colonies, and the progressive changes in their constitutions and forms of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government as affected by the state of public affairs in the See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . Independently of its value as being compiled from original documents, it bears See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of great See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, and has been of essential benefit to later writers . Continuing his researches, he next gave to the world An Estimate of the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

Comparative Strength of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns, London, 1782, which passed through several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . At length, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1786, Chalmers, whose sufferings as a Royalist must have strongly recommended him to the government of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, was appointed See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief clerk to the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council on matters See also:

• RELATING

relating to See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, a situation which he retained till his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1825, a period of nearly See also:

• FORTY

forty years .

As his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official duties made no great demands on his time, he had abundant leisure to devote to his favourite studies,—the antiquities and See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland having thenceforth See also:

• SPECIAL

special attractions for his busy See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . Besides See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical sketches of See also:

• DEFOE, DANIEL (c. 1.659—1731)

Defoe, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies, See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan See also:

• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1713-1784)
• RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL (1686-1743)
• RAMSAY, DAVID (1749—1815)
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM (1852– )
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL (185r– )

Ramsay, Sir See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• LYNDSAY, SIR DAVID (c. 1490-c. 1555)

Lyndsay, See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

Churchyard and others, prefixed to editions of their respective See also:

• WORKS

works, Chalmers wrote a See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• PAINE, ROBERT TREAT (1731–1814)
• PAINE, THOMAS (1737–1809)

Paine, the author of the Rights of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, which he published under the assumed name of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• OLDYS, WILLIAM (1696-1761)

Oldys, A.M., of the University of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania; and a life of See also:

• RUDDIMAN, THOMAS (1674–1757)

Ruddiman, in which considerable See also:

• LIGHT

light is thrown on the state of literature in Scotland during the earlier See also:

• PART

part of the last century . His life of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen of Scots, in two 4to vols., was first published in 1818 . It is founded on a MS. See also:

• LEFT

left by John See also:

• WHITAKER, JOSEPH (1820-1895)

Whitaker, the historian of See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester; but Chalmers informs us that he found it necessary to rewrite the whole . The history of that See also:

• ILL

ill-fated queen occupied much of his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and his last work, A Detection of the Love-Letters lately attributed in See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell's work to Mary Queen of Scots, is an exposure of an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to represent as genuine some fictitious letters said to have passed between Mary and See also:

• BOTHWELL
• BOTHWELL, JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF

Bothwell which had fallen into deserved oblivion . In 1797 appeared his See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

Apology for the Believers in the See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, followed by other tracts on the same subject . These contributions to the literature of Shakespeare are full of curious See also:

• MATTER

matter, but on the whole display a great See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste of erudition, in seeking to show that papers which had been proved forgeries might nevertheless have been genuine . Chalmers also took part in the See also:

• JUNIUS
• JUNIUS, FRANZ (in French, Francois du Jon)

Junius controversy, and in The Author of Junius Ascertained, from a Concatenation of Circumstances amounting to Moral Demonstration, Lond . 1817, 8vo, sought to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the author-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the celebrated letters on Hugh See also:

• BOYD, ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON (1825—1899)
• BOYD, ROBERT BOYD, LORD (d. c. 1470)
• BOYD, ZACHARY (1585?-1653)

Boyd . In 1824 he published The Poetical Remains of some of the Scottish See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings, now first collected; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he edited and presented as a contribution to the See also:

• BANNATYNE, GEORGE (1545—? 1608)

Bannatyne See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club Robene and Makyne and the Testament of Cresseid, by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HENRYSON, ROBERT (c. 1425—c. 1500)

Henryson . His political writings are equally numerous . Among them may be mentioned Collection of See also:

• TREATIES

Treaties between Great Britain and other See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers, Lond .

1790, 2 vols . 8vo; Vindication of the Privileges of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People in respect to the Constitutional Right of Free Discussion, &c., Lond . 1796, 8vo, published anonymously; A See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

Chronological See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce and Coinage in Great Britain from the Restoration till 181 o, Lond . 181o, 8vo; Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on various points of English See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

Jurisprudence, chiefly concerning the Colonies, See also:

• FISHERIES

Fisheries, and Commerce of Great Britain, Lond . 1814, 2 vols . 8vo; Comparative Views of the State of Great Britain before and since the War, Lond . 1817, 8vo . But Chalmers's greatest work is his See also:

• CALEDONIA

Caledonia, which, however, he did not live to complete . The first volume appeared in 1807, and is See also:

• INTRODUCTORY

introductory to the others . It is divided into four books, treating successively of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman, the Pictish, the Scottish and the Scoto-Saxon periods, from 8o to 1306 A.D . In these we are presented, in a condensed See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, with an account of the people, the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and the See also:

• CIVIL

civil and ecclesiastical history, as well as the agricultural and commercial state of Scotland during the first thirteen centuries of our era . Unfortunately the chapters on the Roman period are entirely marred by the author's having accepted as genuine See also:

• BERTRAM, CHARLES (1723–1765)

Bertram's See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery De Situ Britanniae; but otherwise his opinions on controverted topics are worthy of much respect, being founded on a laborious investigation of all the original authorities that were accessible to him .

The second volume, published in 181o, gives an account of the seven See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern counties of Scotland—Roxburgh, See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick, See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington, Edinburgh, See also:

• LINLITHGOW
• LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST MARQUESS

Linlithgow, See also:

• PEEBLES

Peebles and See also:

• SELKIRK
• SELKIRK (or SELCRA1G), ALEXANDER (1676-1721)
• SELKIRK, THOMAS DOUGLAS, 5TH EARL OF (1771–1820)

Selkirk-each of them being treated of as regards name, situation and extent, natural See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, antiquities, establishment as shires, civil history, See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, manufactures and trade, and ecclesiastical history . In 1824, after an See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of fourteen years, the third volume appeared, giving, under the same headings, a description of the seven south-western counties—See also:

• DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries, See also:

• KIRKCUDBRIGHT (pron. Ker-k4-bri)

Kirkcudbright, See also:

• WIGTOWN

Wigtown, See also:

• AYR

Ayr, See also:

• LANARK

Lanark, See also:

• RENFREW

Renfrew and See also:

• DUMBARTON

Dumbarton . In the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to this volume the author states that the materials for the history of the central and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern counties were collected, and that he expected the work would be completed in two years, but this expectation was not destined to be realized . He had also been engaged on a history of Scottish See also:

• POETRY

poetry and a history of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing in Scotland . Each of them he thought likely to extend to two large See also:

• QUARTO

quarto volumes, and on both he expended an unusual amount of See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . He had also prepared for the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press an elaborate history of the life and reign of David I . In his later researches he was assisted by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew James, son of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Chalmers, writer in See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin . George Chalmers died. in London on the 31st of May 1825 . His valuable and extensive library he bequeathed to his nephew, at whose death in 1841 it was sold and dispersed . Chalmers was a member of the Royal and Antiquarian See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

Societies of London, an honorary member of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland, and a member of other learned societies . In private life he was undoubtedly an amiable man, although the dogmatic See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone that disfigures portions of his writings procured him many opponents . Among his avowed antagonists in See also:

• LITERARY

literary warfare the most distinguished were See also:

• MALONE
• MALONE, EDMOND (1741-1812)

Malone and See also:

• STEEVENS, GEORGE (1736-1800)
• STEEVENS, GEORGE WARRINGTON (1869-1900)

Steevens, the Shakespeare editors; Mathias, the author of the Pursuits of Literature; Dr See also:

• JAMIESON, JOHN (1759-1838)
• JAMIESON, ROBERT (c. 1780-1844)

Jamieson,the Scottish lexicographer; See also:

• PINKERTON, ALLAN (1819–1884)
• PINKERTON, JOHN (1758–1826)

Pinkerton, the historian; Dr See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving, the biographer of the Scottish poets; and Dr See also:

• CURRIE, JAMES (1756-1805)
• CURRIE, SIR DONALD (1825-1909)

Currie of See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool .

But with all his failings in See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment Chalmers was a valuable writer . He uniformly had recourse to original See also:

• SOURCES

sources of in. formation; and he is entitled to great praise for his patriotic and self-sacrificing endeavours to illustrate the history, literature and antiquities of his native country . (J .