James Ogilvie

(1760-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ogilvie, John, 1732-1813 DNB: Ogilvie, James (1760–1820), scholar LBT ID: JaOgilv1820 VIAF ID: 46608658 LOC ID: n50028726	B/BAP: 1760 DIED: 1820-09-18
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Born in Aberdeen, he emigrated to America where he was a schoolmaster in Virginia, writer on philosophy, and lecturer; an eccentric, he returned to Scotland in an unsuccessful bid to claim the title of earl of Findlater and died a suicide.
REFERENCES TO James Ogilvie: Robert Campbell Maywood to William Hazlitt, 29 April 1821 in Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Found 1: ¶ 2 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. I 1821