LC control no. | n 85017807 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Alison, Archibald, 1757-1839 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Located | Shropshire (England) Edinburgh (Scotland) |
Birth date | 1757-11-13 |
Death date | 1839-05-17 |
Place of birth | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
Place of death | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
Field of activity | Christianity Aesthetics Essays |
Affiliation | Episcopal Church in Scotland Church of England Salisbury Cathedral |
Profession or occupation | Clergy Essayists |
Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
Found in | His Essays on the nature and principles of taste, 1790: t.p. (Revd. Archibald Alison) LC data base, 3-28-85 (hdg.: Alison, Archibald, 1757-1839) Wikipedia, 10 June 2021 (Archibald Alison FRS FRSE (13 November 1757-17 May 1839) was a Scottish episcopalian priest and essayist; born in Edinburgh; studied at University of Glasgow; took orders in the Church of England, and was appointed in 1778 to the curacy of Brancepeth, near Durham; spent 20 years in Shropshire; held the livings of High Ercall, Rodington and Kenley. In 1800 he moved back to Edinburgh, appointed senior incumbent of St Paul's Chapel in the Cowgate; From 1791 until death he held the title of Prebendary to Salisbury Cathedral; died, Colinton, near Edinburgh) |
Associated language | eng |