John Home
(1722-1808)
Minister of religion and dramatist
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Rev John Home FRSE (13 September 1722 – 4 September 1808) was a Scottish minister, soldier and author. His play Douglas was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, but his work is now largely neglected. In 1783 he was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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22 September 1722 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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| Died |
5 September 1808 (aged 85) Merchiston Bank near Edinburgh
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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