Main, John

Education

D.D. 14.10.1782.

Birth/childhood

Born 1728 Edinburgh. Possibly born 25.1.1729 son of John Main, Edinburgh and Sophia Crombie.

Career

Studied at Edinburgh University.

Licensed by Edinburgh presbytery 1753.

Minister Athelstaneford 1757-1770. Newton 1770 - 13.5.1795 (died).

Publications

Two Scots poems: the Silver Gun, in three cantos, and Hallow'E'en, by John Main. (Glasgow: Printed and sold by the booksellers in London and Edinburgh: 1783)

Death

[Died 13.5.1795.]

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