Watson, John, 1850-1907
Variant namesJohn Watson, Free Church minister. Popular Scottish novelist and author of sketches of rural Scottish life. Pen name of Ian MacLaren.
From the description of Letters to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1895-1906. n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647992924
Watson was a minister in the Presbyterian Church of England and pastor of the Sefton Park Church from 1880 until 1905. He wrote under the name Ian Maclaren. He first came to the U.S. in 1896, when he was Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale. He was on his third lecture tour in the United States when he died. His books included Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894), The Days of Auld Lang Syne (1895) and The Mind of the Master (1896).
From the description of [Postcard] 1896 Apr. 9, Sefton Park Church, Liverpool [to] S. E. Bridgman. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464666999
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Birth 1850-11-03
Death 1907-05-06
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