John Clerk of Eldin

(1728-1812)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Clerk, John, 1728-1812 NRA: Clerk John (1782-1812) Naval Writer DNB: Clerk, John, of Eldin (1728-1812), naval writer LBT ID: JoClerk1812 VIAF ID: 42624692 LOC ID: n85009086	B/BAP: 1728-12-10 DIED: 1812-05-10
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The son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, second baronet, he was an Edinburgh merchant and Scottish Enlightenment figure who published An Essay on Naval Tactics (1790).