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Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800

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Personal name headingBlair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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Variant(s)Blair, Dr. (Hugh), 1718-1800
Blair, Hugo, 1718-1800
Author of Sermons, 1718-1800
Sermons, Author of, 1718-1800
Author of Lectures on rhetoric, 1718-1800
Lectures on rhetoric, Author of, 1718-1800
Other standard no.Q924515
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Birth date1718-04-07
Death date1800-12-27
Place of birthEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityReligion Rhetoric
AffiliationChurch of Scotland University of Edinburgh
Profession or occupationClergy Authors College teachers Rhetoricians
Cleric Author Professor
Found inTaylor, I. Character essential to success in life, 1821: t.p. (Dr. Blair)
Concise DNB (Blair, Hugh; divine; M.A. Edinburgh 1739; b. 1718; d. 1800)
Die Gedichte Ossians eines alten celtischen Dichters, 1768-1769: Bd. 3, p. i (... Hugo Blairs, Lehrers der schönen Wissenschaften an der Universität zu Edinburg)
His Advice to youth, 1817: t.p. (Hugh Blair ... author of Sermons, Lectures on rhetoric)
Wikipedia, viewed May 26, 2015 (Rev Prof Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718-27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms.; born Edinburgh, Scotland)
Associated languageeng