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PATRICK FRASER TYTLER (1791-1849)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 552 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATRICK FRASER TYTLER (1791-1849)  Scottish historian, son of Lord Woodhouselee, was born at
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Edinburgh. on the 3oth of August 1791 . He was called to the bar in 1813; in 1816 he became king's counsel in the
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exchequer, and practised as an advocate until 1832 . He contributed to Allison's Travels in France (1815); his first
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independent essays were papers in Blackwood's
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Magazine . His
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great
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work, the
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History of Scot-
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land (1828-1843) covered the period between 1249 and 1603 . While occupied on this work Tytler removed to
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London, and it was largely owing to his efforts that a scheme for
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publishing state papers was carried out . Tytler was one of the founders of the Bannatyne Club and of the
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English
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Historical Society . He died at Great
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Malvern on the 14th of December 1849 . His
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life (1859) was written by his friend, John W . Burgon, dean of
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Chichester . His other
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works include: contributions to Thomson's Select Melodies of Scotland (1824) ; Life of James Crichton of Cluny, commonly called the Admirable Crichton (1819.; 2nd ed., 1823); a Memoir of
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Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton (1823); an Essay on the Revival of Greek Literature in Italy, and a Life of John Wickliff, published anonymously (1826); Lives of Scottish Worthies, for Murray's
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Family Library (1831-1833) ; Historical View of the Progress of
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Discovery in
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America (1832); Life of Sir Walter Raleigh (1833) Life of Henry VIII . (1837) ; England under the Reigns of
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Edward VI. and Mary, from
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original letters (1839); Notes on the Darnley Jewel (1843), and on the Portraits of Mary Queen of Scots (1845) .

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