David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
Henry Scougal, 1650 - 1678. Professor of Divinity at Aberdeen University
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artist:David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742 - 1829) Scottish
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title:Henry Scougal, 1650 - 1678. Professor of Divinity at Aberdeen University
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen on paper
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measurements:Sheet: 21.40 x 16.40 cm; Composition: 19.00 x 15.60 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 538
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David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
David Erskine, later 11th Earl of Buchan, was an antiquary and unsuccessful political reformer. Schooled by his parents, both of whom had studied mathematics under Colin Maclaurin, he later attended classes at St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow. After his succession to the earldom in 1767 he...