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ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)

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ANDERSON, See also:JAMES (1739-1808) , Scottish agriculturist and economist, was See also:born at Hermiston, near See also:Edinburgh, in 1739. While still a boy he undertook the working of a See also:farm in See also:Mid-See also:Lothian which his See also:family had occupied for several generations, and later he rented in See also:Aberdeenshire a farm of 1300 acres of unimproved See also:land. In 1783 he settled in Edinburgh, where in 1791 he projected a weekly publication called The See also:Bee, which was largely written by himself, and of which eighteen volumes were published. In 1797 he began to reside at Isleworth, and from 1799 to 1802 he produced a monthly publication, Recreations in See also:Agriculture, Natural See also:History, Arts and See also:Miscellaneous 'Literature. He was also the author of many See also:pamphlets on agricultural and economical topics. He died on the 15th of See also:October 1868.

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