M’Diarmid, John

Education

Student United College 1793-1794 Log.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Jun. 1794-1795 Gk. Prov.; Ethics 1795-1796 Gk. Prov.; N. Phil.; Hist. Civ. (Ternar). Bayne bursar, 1793.

Birth/childhood

Born 5.1.1779 son of James M’Diarmid, minister at Weem and Catherine Buik.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University.

Tutor for a time then proceeded to London in 1801 to pursue a literary career. Editor of St James Chronicle. [Teacher]

Published Lives of British Statesmen, New. ed.(London: L.A. Lewis, 1838).

Death

Died 7.4.1808.

Sources

  • UYUC110 Bayne
  • UYUC400:14.12.1793
  • DNB