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<p> a Scotch clergyman, son of the excise officer at Coull, was born in 1781; graduated at the University and King's College, Aberdeen, in 1798; was appointed schoolmaster of the parish the same year; presented by the prince regent to the living at Alford in August, and ordained September 17, 1813. He died December 3, 1843. His attainments in meteorological science were of a very high order, and he was a frequent contributor to various learned periodicals, and corresponded with most of the learned men in Europe. He published, A Near Illustration of the Latter Part of Daniel's Last | James Farquharson <ref name="term_40005" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a Scotch clergyman, son of the excise officer at Coull, was born in 1781; graduated at the University and King's College, Aberdeen, in 1798; was appointed schoolmaster of the parish the same year; presented by the prince regent to the living at Alford in August, and ordained September 17, 1813. He died December 3, 1843. His attainments in meteorological science were of a very high order, and he was a frequent contributor to various learned periodicals, and corresponded with most of the learned men in Europe. He published, A Near [[Illustration]] of the [[Latter]] Part of Daniel's Last Vision and [[Prophecy]] (Lond. 1838): '''''—''''' The Native Forests of Aberdeenshire: '''''—''''' Noah's Ark: '''''—''''' The [[Aurora]] Borealis: '''''—''''' The Currency: '''''—''''' An [[Essay]] on [[Cutting]] [[Grain]] with the Scythe, in the Transactions of the Highland Society: '''''—''''' besides many papers in the Philosophical Transactions: '''''—''''' also An Account of the Parish. See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:547. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_40005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/farquharson,+james,+f.r.s.,+ll.d. James Farquharson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/farquharson,+james,+f.r.s.,+ll.d. James Farquharson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 15 October 2021
James Farquharson [1]
a Scotch clergyman, son of the excise officer at Coull, was born in 1781; graduated at the University and King's College, Aberdeen, in 1798; was appointed schoolmaster of the parish the same year; presented by the prince regent to the living at Alford in August, and ordained September 17, 1813. He died December 3, 1843. His attainments in meteorological science were of a very high order, and he was a frequent contributor to various learned periodicals, and corresponded with most of the learned men in Europe. He published, A Near Illustration of the Latter Part of Daniel's Last Vision and Prophecy (Lond. 1838): — The Native Forests of Aberdeenshire: — Noah's Ark: — The Aurora Borealis: — The Currency: — An Essay on Cutting Grain with the Scythe, in the Transactions of the Highland Society: — besides many papers in the Philosophical Transactions: — also An Account of the Parish. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:547.
