Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet, PC MP FRS FRSE FSA (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835) was a British politician, a writer on both finance and agriculture, and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.
First president of the Board of Agriculture, member of Privy Council (1810), appointed to the post of Commissioner of Excise. (From the description of Letters : Coles [Park] to Thomas Gibbs & Co., 1817 Dec. 1, 1817 Dec. 13. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37585579)
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