John Macpherson (1710–1765) was a Scottish minister and antiquarian.
12-929: (Redirected from John Macpherson ) John MacPherson or Macpherson may refer to: John Macpherson (minister) (1710–1765), Scottish minister and antiquarian Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745–1821), Scottish administrator in India John Macpherson (physician) (1817–1890), Scottish physician John Alexander MacPherson (1833–1894), Australian politician John Andrew MacPherson (1856–1944), New Zealand politician, Liberal Party MP John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921), British Member of Parliament for Preston, 1906–1910 Sir John Stuart Macpherson (1898–1971), governor of Nigeria, 1948–1955 John Macpherson (privateer) , Scottish-born privateer See also [ edit ] John McPherson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
24-562: Is a magazine containing articles on subjects of Scottish interest. It claims to be the oldest magazine in the world still in publication, although there have been several gaps in its publication history. It has reported on events from the defeat of the Jacobites through the Napoleonic wars to the Second World War and on to the creation of the new Scottish Parliament . The Scots Magazine
36-497: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Macpherson (minister) The son of Dugald Macpherson, minister at Duirinish, Skye , he studied classics at Aberdeen University , graduating M.A. 1728, and D.D. 1761. He was minister of Barra in the Outer Hebrides , 1734 to 1742, and of Sleat on Skye, from 1742 to 1765. Macpherson published Critical Dissertations on
48-591: The Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Magazine . By 1826 sales had declined to such a point that it was withdrawn. Attempts to revive the name as the New Scots Magazine in 1828 and the Scots Weekly Magazine in 1832 were unsuccessful. In December 1887 publication resumed as a partial successor to The Scottish Church under a new owner (S. Cowan, Perth) and continued until 1893 when once again it
60-461: The 18th century, it innovated a register of births, marriages and deaths, which other journals soon copied. From 1759 until 1765 it was edited by William Smellie . In 1801 Archibald Constable bought the magazine, and three years later amalgamated it with the Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany . Its popularity, however, was eroded by competition with serious literary journals such as
72-729: The MacMhuirich bardic family. Macpherson paraphrased the Song of Moses in Latin verse, published in The Scots Magazine . In the debate on second sight , with a cousin, Martin Macpherson of Golspie, he attacked "Theophilus Isolanus", pseudonymous author of a treatise on the topic, real name Donald Macleod. Macpherson married Janet, daughter of Donald Macleod of Bernera. Their elder son Martin Macpherson (1743–1812), succeeded his father at Sleat, and
84-707: The Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, Religion of the Ancient Caledonians, their Posterity, the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots , London, 1768. This work on the Ossian controversy upheld the authenticity of the poems attributed to Ossian . Though not closely related, James Macpherson , author of " The Works of Ossian " (1765), and John Macpherson knew each other well. It has been suggested that they were complicit in
96-485: The creation of the works. John Macpherson's "Ancient Caledonians" were from Gaul , ancestors of the Picts, Scots and Irish, a theory also adopted by James Macpherson. Critical Dissertations also attacked contemporary historians of Scotland, particularly William Robertson . Macpherson claimed to have heard a recitation of Ossianic verse by a Gaelic bard; the poet in question has been identified, tentatively, as Dòmhnall MacMhuirich (fl. 1707–1740s), last representative of
108-409: 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=John_MacPherson&oldid=1215901182 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-524: Was originally published in January 1739. It was intended as a rival to the London-based Gentleman's Magazine , in order that "our countrymen might have the production of every month sooner, cheaper and better collected than before". Its first issue, dated Monday 9 February 1739, cost 6d. and appeared in a blue cover with the motto Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat . Popular through
132-417: Was visited by Samuel Johnson . Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet was the younger son. Attribution [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : " Macpherson, John (1745-1821) ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. (in the article about his son) The Scots Magazine The Scots Magazine
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#1732869970655144-519: Was withdrawn. It was published between 1922 and 1924 as The Scottish Church . In 1924 publication as The Scots Magazine resumed, this time by the St Andrew's Society (Glasgow). In 1927 D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd took over and have continued to publish it ever since. With a monthly average readership of over 178,000, The Scots Magazine is the world's best-selling Scottish-interest publication, containing articles on culture, history, nature, etc., and
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