NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Maidment, James, 1793-1879 NRA: Maidment James (1793-1879) antiquary DNB: Maidment, James (bap. 1793, d. 1879), antiquary LBT ID: JaMaidm1879 VIAF ID: 89853088 LOC ID: n50037883 | B/BAP: 1793-10-26 DIED: 1879-10-24 |
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The son of a London barrister, he was educated at Edinburgh University and practiced law
in Edinburgh; he was an antiquary, friend of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe and Sir Walter
Scott, and member of the Bannatyne Club. | |