Papers of Robert Kirk (c. 1641-1692) 1660-1674

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Papers of Robert Kirk (c. 1641-1692) 1660-1674

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-394

5 manuscript volumes

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Edinburgh University Library

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Kirk Robert ? 1641-1692

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Wishart, J.

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Kirk, Robert; Wishart, J; Cant, Andrew

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The Gaelic scholar Robert Kirk was born, probably in Aberfoyle, Perthshire, in 1641. He studied at Edinburgh University graduating with an MA in 1661, and then at St. Andrews. In 1664 he became the Minister at Balquhidder, Perthshire, and then Minister at Aberfoyle in 1685. Kirk was the author of the first complete translation of the Scottish metrical Psalms into Gaelic. These were published as Psalma Dhaibhidh an Meadrachd, Edinburgh (1684). In 1689 he went to London to supervise the printing o...

Cant Andrew c 1590-1663

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