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Gleig, George (cleric, writer, editor)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1753 - 1840

Biography

George Gleig was born at Boghall, Aberdeenshire, on 12 May 1753. He studied at King's College, University of Aberdeen, and then took orders in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was ordained at Pittenweem, Fife, and then in 1790 he went to Stirling. Gleig became a frequent contributor to the Monthly Review, the Gentleman's Magazine, the Gentleman's Magazine, the Anti-Jacobin Review, and the British Critic. George Gleig died on 9 March 1840.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Autograph letter from George Gleig, Scottish cleric, writer and editor, to Messrs Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1532
Identifier: Coll-1718
Scope and Contents

The autograph letter is dated, Stirling, Scotland, 16th March 1800.


Addressing his letter to Messrs Bell & Bradfute, Booksellers, Edinburgh, Gleig asks that, with respect to the Anti Jacobin Review the: "Gentlemen [...] give to John Macfarquhar esq. the first four volumes of that work [...] and state them against the proprietor...".

Dates: 1800