James Keith

(1783-1863)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Keith, James, 1783-1863 LBT ID: JaKeith1863 VIAF ID: 29014570 LOC ID: n2008185423	B/BAP: 1783-11-29 DIED: 1863-05-12
SOURCES: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 5 (1866) 133; James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish surgeon educated at Edinburgh University (MD 1804); he was physician to the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and a relation of Sir Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO James Keith: Walter Scott to Thomas Scott, 22 December 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1819