John Fairbairn

(1794-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fairbairn, John, 1794-1864 DNB: Fairbairn, John (1794–1864), newspaper proprietor and politician in Cape Colony LBT ID: JoFair1864 VIAF ID: 59908316 LOC ID: n86104244	B/BAP: 1794-04-09 DIED: 1864-10-05
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Scottish schoolmaster educated at Edinburgh University who contributed to the Edinburgh Magazine and The Star; he emigrated to Africa with Thomas Pringle and was editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser.
REFERENCES TO John Fairbairn: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 3 Found 1: ¶ 8