NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Alison, Archibald, Sir, 1792-1867 NRA: Alison Sir Archibald (1792-1867) 1st Baronet Historian DNB: Alison, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1792–1867), historian and lawyer LBT ID: ArAliso1867 VIAF ID: 69703133 LOC ID: n85273781 | B/BAP: 1792-12-29 DIED: 1867-05-23 |
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The son of the aesthetician of the same name; educated at Edinburgh University, he was a
historian, Tory writer for Blackwood's, and sheriff of
Lanarkshire. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir Archibald Alison, first baronet: Robert Southey to Sir Archibald Alison, 17 April 1833 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) |