NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826 NRA: Pinkerton John (1758-1826) historian and antiquary DNB: Pinkerton, John [pseuds. Robert Heron, H. Bennet] (1758-1826), historian and poet LBT ID: JoPinke1826 VIAF ID: 12358699 LOC ID: n84055813 | B/BAP: 17580-02-17 DIED: 1826-03-10 |
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Scottish poet and antiquary patronized by Horace Walpole; editor of Ancient Scottish Poems (1786), published A Dissertation on the
Origin and Progress of the Scythians or Goths (1787) History of
Scotland (1797), Modern Geography (1802) and other
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REFERENCES TO WORKS BY John Pinkerton [Robert Heron]:
The Bruce; or, the History of Robert I. King of Scotland. Written in Scotish
Verse by John Barbour. The first genuine edition, published from a MS. dated 1489; with
Notes and a Glossary by J. Pinkerton. Found 1.
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Modern Geography: a Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and
Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in all Parts of the World. Found 1.
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Petralogy. A treatise on rocks. Found 2.
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