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John Jamieson

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Scottish lexicographer (1759-1838)

WritersLived 1759 to 1838 · aged 79
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John Jamieson was a Scottish minister of religion, lexicographer, philologist and antiquary. His most important work is the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Writers born in the 1750s 6

Girolamo Lucchesini39.1Aurelio de' Giorgi Bertola39.0John Hervey, Lord Hervey39.1Jakob Tengström38.9Henry Edward Fox39.2Lev Razumovsky38.7

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Lived 1759 to 1838 · aged 79
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