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15-768: James Kirkwood may refer to: James Kirkwood (Church of Scotland) (1650–1709), promoter of Scottish Gaelic language literacy James P. Kirkwood (1807–1877), American civil engineer James Kirkwood Sr. (1875–1963), American actor and film director James Kirkwood Jr. (1924–1989), American playwright and author Jimmy Kirkwood (field hockey) (born 1962), field hockey player from Northern Ireland James Kirkwood (grammarian) (fl. 1698), Scottish grammarian James Kirkwood (sport shooter) (born 1930), Australian Olympic shooter James Kirkwood (politician) (1845–1933), politician in Ontario, Canada [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

30-643: A corresponding member of the English Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; and on 11 November 1703 there were read at one of the society's meetings Letters and Papers from Mr. Kirkwood relating to the Erection of Lending Libraries in the Highlands . The tract contained elaborate suggestions and rules for the conduct of a lending library. A dry place was to be chosen; the books were to be kept under lock and key. Some may be lent out, but no one to have more than two at

45-703: A preface by Anthony Horneck and a frontispiece engraved by M. Vandergucht, dated 1693, is preserved in the British Museum Library. Charters assigned the date 1692 to this work, but in a letter to Kirkwood, dated 18 October 1690, Boyle acknowledges the receipt of a copy. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  " Kirkwood, James (1650?-1708) ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. William Blades William Blades (5 December 1824 – 27 April 1890), English printer and bibliographer ,

60-502: A time, and the borrowers must be approved preachers, schoolmasters, and students. Each book is to have its price against it in the catalogue, and every borrower is to deposit a quarter more than the value, as a security for its safe return. Kirkwood also wrote A New Family Book, or the True Interest of Families.… Together with several Prayers for Families and Children and Graces before and after Meat . The second edition of this work had

75-457: A tract, An Overture for Founding and Maintaining Bibliothecks in every Paroch throughout the Kingdom . This was printed at Edinburgh, the word "overture" being the technical term for a proposal to the old Scottish parliament. Under the scheme the parish minister's private books were to form the nucleus of each library, the parish schoolmaster was to act as librarian, and a uniform system of cataloguing

90-546: Is a person who has a great zeal for propagating the knowledge of God in the Highlands of Scotland, and is the same who promoted contributions for the printing of Bibles in the Irish language, and sent so many of them down to Scotland. The general assembly approved the project, but without further action. Laurence Charters , however, states that a library was established for the clergy in the Highlands by Kirkwood in 1699. In recognition of his projects Kirkwood was, on 4 March 1703, elected

105-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Kirkwood (Church of Scotland) In 1685 he was deprived of the living of ministry for refusing to take the test and moved to England to become rector of Astwick , Bedfordshire , but following the Act of Settlement 1701 was ejected for not abjuring under the Act of Security , which required

120-595: The Caxton celebration, and strongly supported the foundation of the Library Association . He was a keen collector of old books, prints and medals. His publications relate chiefly to the early history of printing. The Enemies of Books was his most popular work, being produced in 1880. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1882. On his death, his library was acquired by

135-499: The printing of three thousand more copies, which Kirkwood succeeded in distributing over the north of Scotland, in spite of opposition to his scheme in England, on the ground that it would help preserve Gaelic. Kirkwood on 7 January 1702 was ejected from the living of Astwick for not abjuring "according to the statute 13 and 14 William III." He bequeathed his books and papers to the presbytery of Dunbar. In 1699 there appeared anonymously

150-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Kirkwood&oldid=1048321199 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

165-545: The taker of the oath to renounce their allegiance to the Stuarts and the Church. He was born at Dunbar , in about 1650. He graduated M.A. from Edinburgh University in 1670, and after passing his trials before the presbytery of Haddington became domestic chaplain to John Campbell, Earl of Caithness , by whom, on 12 May 1679, he was presented to the living of Minto . Deprived of this benefice after 1 November 1681 for refusing to take

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180-543: The test, Kirkwood, as one of the "outed ministers", migrated to England, where, on 1 March 1685, through the friendship of Gilbert Burnet , he was instituted to the rectory of Astwick, Bedfordshire. In 1690 Kingwood began a correspondence with Robert Boyle on the subject of the Gaelic scriptures for the Highlanders. Boyle presented him with two hundred copies of his Bible in Irish for immediate circulation, and subscribed towards

195-483: Was born at Clapham, London . In 1840 he was apprenticed to his father's printing business in London, being subsequently taken into partnership. The firm was afterwards known as Blades, East & Blades. His interest in printing led him to make a study of the volumes produced by William Caxton 's press, and of the early history of printing in England. His Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer ,

210-470: Was published in 1861–1863, and the conclusions which he set forth were arrived at by a careful examination of types in the early books, each class of type being traced from its first use to the time when, spoilt by wear, it passed out of Caxton's hands. Some 450 volumes from the Caxton Press were thus carefully compared and classified in chronological order. In 1877 Blades took an active part in organizing

225-484: Was to be adopted throughout the country. The tract was reprinted by William Blades in 1889. The Overture is traced to Kirkwood by means of a second tract, A Copy of a Letter anent a Project for Erecting a Library in every Presbytery, or at least every County in the Highlands. From a Reverend Minister of the Scots Nation now in England (no place nor date), to which is appended the statement: The author of this Letter

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