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See also:ABERCROMBY, See also:PATRICK (1656–c.-1716) , Scottish physician and antiquarian, was the third son of See also:Alexander Abercromby of Fetterneir in See also:Aberdeenshire, and See also:brother of See also:Francis Aber-
cromby, who was created See also:Lord Glasford by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. He was See also:born at See also:Forfar in 1656 apparently of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:family. Intending to become a See also:doctor of See also:medicine he entered the university of St See also:Andrews, where he took his degree of M.D. in 1685, but apparently he spent most of his youthful years abroad. It has been stated that he attended the university of See also:Paris. The Discourse of Wit (1685), sometimes assigned to him, belongs to Dr See also:David Abercromby (q.v.). On his return to See also:Scotland, he is found practising as a physician in See also:Edinburgh, where, besides his professional duties, he gave himself with characteristic zeal to the study of antiquities. He was appointed physician to James II. in 1685, but the revolution deprived him of the See also:post. Living during the agitations for the See also:union of See also:England and Scotland, he took See also:part in the See also:war of See also:pamphlets inaugurated and sustained by prominent men on both sides of the Border, and he crossed swords with no less redoubtable a foe than See also:Daniel See also:Defoe in his Advantages of the See also:Act of See also:Security compared with those of the intended Union (Edinburgh, 1707), and A Vindication of the Same against Mr De Foe (ibid.). A See also:minor See also:literary See also:work of Abercromby's was a See also:translation of See also:Jean de Beaugue's Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (1556) which appeared in 1707. But the work with which his name is permanently associated is his See also:Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation, issued in two large folios, vol. i. 1711, vol. ii. 1716.
In the See also:title-See also:page and See also:preface to vol. i. he disclaims the ambition of being an historian, but in vol. ii., in title-page and preface alike, he is no longer a See also:simple biographer, but an historian. Even though, read in the See also:light of later researches, much of the first See also:volume must necessarily be relegated to the region of the mythical, none the less was the historian a laborious and accomplished reader and investigator of all available authorities, as well See also:manuscript as printed; while the See also:roll of names of those who aided him includes every See also:man of See also:note in Scotland at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, from See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Craig and Sir See also:George See also:Mackenzie to Alexander Nisbet and Thomas See also:Ruddiman. The date of Abercromby's See also:death is uncertain. It has been variously assigned to 1715, 1716, 1720, and 1726, and it is usually added that he See also:left a widow in See also:great poverty. The See also:Memoirs of the Abercrombys, commonly attributed to him, do not appear to have been published.
See See also:Robert See also:Chambers, Eminent Scotsmen, s.v.; See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson, Scottish Nation, s.v.; Alexander See also:Chalmers, Biog. Dict., s.v.; George Chalmers, See also:Life of Ruddiman; William See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee, Defoe.
End of Article: ABERCROMBY, PATRICK (1656–c.-1716)
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