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:

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

PINKERTON (1758–1826)  , Scottish archaeologist, numismatist and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1758 . He was articled as a 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 clerk in Edinburgh, and his See also:

• ELEGY

Elegy on Craigmillar See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle (1776) was printed during his clerkship . In 1781 he removed to See also:

• LONDON

London to devote himself to See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing in the same See also:

• YEAR

year a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Rimes of no See also:

• GREAT

great merit, and Scottish Tragic See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads . These were followed in 1782 by Two Dithyrambic Odes on See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

Enthusiasm and See also:

• LAUGHTER

Laughter, and by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Tales in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

Verse . Under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Select Scottish Ballads he reprinted in 1783 his tragic ballads, with a supplement comprising Ballads of the Comic See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

Kind . See also:

• RITSON, JOSEPH (r7.52-1803)

Ritson pointed out in 1784 that the so-called See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient ballads were some of them of See also:

• MODERN

modern date, and See also:

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

Pinkerton confessed that he was the author of the second See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy Kanute and part author of some others . He published an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on Medals in 1784, and in 1785, under the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of " See also:

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

Robert See also:

• HERON (Fr. heron; Ital. aghirone, airone; Lat. ardea; Gr. ipw&bs: A.-S. hragra; Icelandic, hegre; Swed. hager; Dan. heire; Ger. Heiger, Reiher, Heergans; Dutch, reiger)

Heron," his bold but See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric Letters of Literature depreciating the classical authors of See also:

• GREECE

Greece and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In 1786 he edited Ancient Scottish Poems from the MS. collections of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland of Lethington—a genuine See also:

• REPRODUCTION

reproduction . It was succeeded in 1787 by a compilation, under the new pseudonym of " H . Bennet," entitled The See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury of Wit, and by his first important See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical work, the Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of the Scythians or Goths, to which See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon acknowledged himself indebted . Pinkerton next ccllected and printed in 1789 certain Vitae sanctorum scotiae, and, a little later, published his Enquiry into the See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

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

Scotland preceding the Reign of See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm III . His assertion that the See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• RACE

race was incapable of assimilating the highest forms of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization excited " violent disgust," but the Enquiry was twice reprinted, in 1794 and 1814, and is still of value for the documents embodied in it .

His edition of See also:

• BARBOUR, JOHN (? 1316-1395)

Barbour's See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce and a Medallic History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to the Revolution appeared in 179o; a collection of Scottish Poems reprinted from scarce See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions in 1792; and a series of See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical sketches, the Iconographia scotica, in the years 1795–1797 . In 1797 he published a History of Scotland from the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

Accession of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart to that of See also:

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

Mary, containing much valuable material . A new biographical collection, the See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of Eminent Persons of Scotland (1799), was succeeded after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• INTERVAL

interval by a Modern See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography digested on a New See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

Plan (1802; enlarged, 1807) . About this 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 See also:

• LEFT

left London for See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he made his headquarters until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the loth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1826 . His remaining publications were the Recollections of Paris in the years 1802–3–4–5 (18o6); a very useful See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Collection of Voyages and Travels (1808–1814); a New Modern See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas (18o8–1819) ; and his Petralogy (1811) .