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Lawson, John Parker, d. 1852 (ecclesiastical historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d. 1852

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Biographical account of William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway, who died in 1619.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.12
Scope and Contents The account is headed "Life of William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway and Dean of the Chapel Royal of Holyrood." A note at folio 1 refers to the "Address of Principal Lee to the students of the University of Edinburgh at the opening of the session 1846" and this date is added in pencil at folio 1; but the present text is the work of a different author. Neither the hand nor the subject-matter of this account seems to resemble either in Lee`s discourses in MS.3452; it is not in the selection...
Dates: 19th century.