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John Brown of Haddington (1722 – 19 June 1787) was a Scottish minister and author. He was born at Carpow , in Perthshire . He was almost entirely self-educated, having acquired a knowledge of ancient languages while employed as a shepherd.
The grandson of John Brown of Haddington, [1] he was born at Whitburn, Linlithgowshire.He studied at Glasgow university, and afterwards at the divinity hall of the Burgher branch of the Secession church at Selkirk, under George Lawson.
— John Brown of Haddington, Scottish minister and author (19 June 1787) "If you wait a little, I shall be able to tell you from personal experience." [14]: 39 — Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer of Italian and French opera (15 November 1787), when asked whether a tenor or a bass should sing the role of Christ in The Last Judgement
John Brown of Haddington (1722–1787), theologian and author of The Self-interpreting Bible (known as 'Brown's Bible') and A Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Became minister in Haddington in 1751 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's. [28] Samuel Morison Brown (1817–1856), chemist and writer, grandson of John Brown, born in Haddington.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Memorial window to Rev John Brown, St Marys, Haddington. In recognition of Haddington's strategic importance in the Lothians, it was burnt twice in the 13th century by the English, once by the forces of John, King of England in 1216, and in 1246 by John's son Henry III of England.
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