NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Heriot, George, 1563-1624 NRA: Heriot, George (1563-1624) Founder of Heriot's Hospital Edinburgh Jeweller DNB: Heriot, George (1563–1624), jeweller and philanthropist LBT ID: GeHerio1624 VIAF ID: 48200410 LOC ID: n85143731 | B/BAP: 1563-06-15 DIED: 1624 |
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Scottish jeweller and philanthropist in the times of James I; he founded the hospital
that bears his name and figures as a prominent character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Quentin Derward. | |