Blackie, John Stuart, c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Portrait of John Stuart Blackie. Caption: "Professor John Stuart Blackie 1809-1895". No additional notes.
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Blackie, John Stuart (1809-1895), Scottish professor and man of letters; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Edinburgh University, Göttingen, and Berlin; studied for Scottish bar; advocate, 1834; appointed first regius professor of humanity (Latin) at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1839, and installed, 1841; instituted 'Hellenic Society' Aberdeen, 1850; professor of Greek at Edinburgh, 1852-82; founded and endowed Celtic chair at Edinburgh, 1882. His publications include 'Faust... translated into English verse,' 1834; 'Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus... translated into English Verse ,' 1850, 'Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece,' 1857, and many other works in verse and prose. [Suppl. i. 204]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume I, p. 38
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0010723
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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