Scottish man of letters who once worked in London as a corrector to the press for Strahan; his History of Modern Europe, 5 vols (1786) was often reprinted.

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Russell:

The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the Progress of Society. From the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son.