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John Williams (1792-1858)

Classical scholar educated at Balliol College, Oxford; he was a classmate of John Gibson Lockhart and friend of Sir Walter Scott, whose son he tutored, and rector of the Edinburgh Academy (1824-27, 1829-47). Classical scholar educated at Balliol College, Oxford; he was a classmate of John Gibson Lockhart and friend of Sir Walter Scott, whose son he tutored, and rector of the Edinburgh Academy (1824-27, 1829-47).