James Browne (1793-1841)

Scottish man of letters, was born at Whitefield, Perthshire, in. 1793. He was educated at Edinburgh and at the university of St Andrews, where he studied for the church. He wrote a Sketch of the History of Edinburgh, for Ewbanks Picturesque Views of that city, 1823-1825. In 1826 he became a member of the Faculty of Advocates, and obtained the degree of LL.D. from Kings College, Aberdeen. His works include a Critical Examination of Maccullochs Work on the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1826), Aperu sur les Hieroglyphes dEgypte (Paris, 1827), a Vindication of the Scottish Bar from the Attacks of Mr Broughton, and History of Ike Highlands and Highland Clans (1834-1836). He was appointed editor of the Caledonian Mercury in 1827; and two years later he became sub-editor of the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia , to which he contributed a large number of articles, lie died in April 1841.

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