John M'Diarmid

(1790-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: M'Diarmid, John, 1790-1852 LBT ID: JoMDiar1852 VIAF ID: 6962393 LOC ID: no93004592	B/BAP: 1790 DIED: 1852-11-18
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After working as a clerk in Edinburgh, from 1817 he was editor of the Dumfries and Galloway Courier. He was the executor of Robert Burns's widow, Jean, and edited editions of William Cowper (1817) and Oliver Goldsmith (1823)
REFERENCES TO John M'Diarmid: Sydney Smith to Edward Davenport, November 1824 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1824