Thomson, William
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Epithet: Common Clerk of Edinburgh
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Epithet: of Farnborough, county Southants
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Epithet: Archbishop of York; of Seal CXLIV
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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4077
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Epithet: Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and (1862) Archbishop of York
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Epithet: RC priest, of Ayr
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Epithet: Baron Kelvin
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Epithet: Archbishop of York
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Epithet: Archbishop of York; of Add MS 44032
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Title: Baron of the Exchequer
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Epithet: writer, Librarian to 8th Earl of Kinnoull
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Epithet: Reader in Anatomy at Oxford
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Epithet: serjeant-at-law
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Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch vii.9
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Epithet: of Hunnington
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William Thomson (1746-1817) studied theology at St Andrews University and at Edinburgh, despite being the son of a carpenter. He was ordained in 1776 as assistant in the parish of Monivaird in Perthshire, but found the restrictions of ministerial life too constraining, and resigned 2 years later. He moved to London and tried to make a living as a writer, eventually gaining great success. He could turn his hand to histories, biography, Bible commentary, novels, plays, travelogues, memoirs and philosophical tracts. He briefly owned the English Review and wrote most of its articles. He also wrote under various pseudonyms.
David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th earl of Buchan, Scottish antiquarian and political reformer.
From the guide to the Letter from William Thomson to David Steuart Erskine, 1792., 11 March 1792, (University of St Andrews)
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- Bass Rock, Scotland (as recorded)
- Jamaica, Central America (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Gilgit, Kashmir (as recorded)
- Little Snoring, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Aligarh, United Provinces (as recorded)
- Japan, Asia (as recorded)
- Brockhall, Bures St. Mary (as recorded)
- Satna, Rewa State, Central India (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Stubbinge, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Middelburg, Zeeland (as recorded)
- Edinburgh, Scotland (as recorded)
- Bhutan, Asia (as recorded)
- Transcaspia, Central Asia (as recorded)
- Surrey, England (as recorded)
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan (as recorded)
- Kashgar, China (as recorded)
- Paisley, Renfrewshire (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Cambodia, Asia (as recorded)
- Surrey, England (as recorded)
- Wherstead, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Rawalpindi, Punjab (as recorded)
- St. Andrews, Fifeshire (as recorded)
- Gately, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) (as recorded)
- Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
- Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Lichfield, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Thailand, Asia (as recorded)
- Leith, Scotland (as recorded)
- Oporto, Portugal (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Inverness, Invernesshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Cyprus, Asia Minor (as recorded)
- Invernesshire, Scotland (as recorded)
- Colkirk, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Perth, Scotland (as recorded)
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (as recorded)
- Ashover, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Borrowstonness, Linlithgow (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Mashhad, Iran (as recorded)
- North-East Frontier, India (as recorded)
- Gallow, Hundred of, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Waldingfield, Suffolk (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Royaon, Essex (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Salem, Madras (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- Dibang River, Assam (as recorded)
- Denshawaï, Egypt (as recorded)
- Midlothian, Scotland (as recorded)
- Shetland Islands, Scotland (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Norfolk, England (as recorded)
- Stamford, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Hunworth, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
- Oporto, Portugal (as recorded)
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (as recorded)
- Dort, Holland (as recorded)
- Stanford, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
- Colberg, Pomerania (as recorded)
- Foxearth, Essex (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Mishmi Hills, Assam and Burma (as recorded)
- Turkestan, Asia (as recorded)
- Surrey, England (as recorded)
- Butterley, in Ashover, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Long Melford, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Great Ryburgh, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Mount Everest, Tibet (as recorded)
- Nepal, Asia (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Longford, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Snoring, Norfolk (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier Province, India (as recorded)
- Sikkim, Asia (as recorded)
- Acton Hall, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Cochin State, India (as recorded)
- Liverpool, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Brothercross, Hundred of, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Himalaya Mountains, Tibet (as recorded)
