A

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

OF

EMINENT SCOTSMEN.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

ORIGINALLY EDITED BY

ROBERT CHAMBERS.

NEW EDITION, REVISED UNDER THE CARE OF THE PUBLISHERS.

WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME,

CONTINUING THE BIOGRAPHIES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY THE REV. THOS. THOMSON,

AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS," ETC, ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS.

VOL. I.

ABERCROMBY-CREECH.

BLACKIE AND SON:

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND LONDON.

MDCCCLV.