Sex : Male
Born : 1802 Oct 10
Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Lived : Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (final)
Died : 1856 Dec 24 (or 23)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
aged : 54
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More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia
National Portrait Gallery
More info can be found offline at:
Who Was Who in Orkney, ed W S Hewison [1998]
Biographical Encyclopaedia of Scientists (2nd ed), ed J Dainteth et al [1994]
The Concise Encyclopaedia of Archaeology, ed Leonard Cottrell [1960]
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 190
Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [2004]
Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature, ed Trevor Royle [1983]
Modern English Biography, vol 2, by Frederic Boase [1892-1921]
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| Book Titles |
Info | Date(s) | Read Online |
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| Poems, Written In The Leisure Hours Of A Journeyman Mason | English
poetry
| 1829 | |
Letters On The Herring Fishing In The Moray Firth
[published anonymously] | English
| 1829 | |
| Scenes And Legends Of The North Of Scotland | English
non-fiction
| 1835 | |
| Letter From One Of The Scotch People To...Lord Brougham & Vaux | English
non-fiction
| 1839 | |
| The Whiggism Of The Old School... | English
non-fiction
| 1839 | |
| Memoir Of William Forsyth, Esq, A Scotch Merchant... | English
| 1839 | |
| The Old Red Sandstone | English
non-fiction
| 1841/58 | |
| The Two Parties In The Church Of Scotland... | English
non-fiction
| 1841 | |
Sutherland As It Was And Is; or, How A Country May Be Ruined
[published anonymously] | English
| 1843 | |
| Words Of Warning To The People Of Scotland... | English
non-fiction
| 1844 | |
| First Impressions Of England And Its People | English
non-fiction
| 1847 | |
| Foot-prints Of The Creator; or, The Asterolepis Of Stromness | English
non-fiction
| 1849 | (in preparation for
Pr Gut (USA) |
| Thoughts On The Educational Question | English
non-fiction
| 1850 | |
| The Two Records: The Mosaic And The Geological | English
non-fiction
| 1854 | |
| The Fossiliferous Deposits Of Scotland | English
non-fiction
| 1854 | |
My Schools And Schoolmasters
(also titled: An Autobiography) | English
autobiography
| 1854 | Pr Gut #30737 |
| Geology Versus Astronomy | English
non-fiction
| 1855 | |
| Strange But True: Incidents In The Life Of J Kitto | English
| 1856 | |
| Macaulay On Scotland: A Critique | English
non-fiction
| 1857 | |
| The Testimony Of The Rocks; or, Geology in Its Bearings... | English
non-fiction
| 1857 | Pr Gut #28248 |
| The Cruise Of The 'Betsey' | English
non-fiction
| 1858 | Pr Gut #28273 |
| Sketch-Book Of Popular Geology | English
non-fiction
| 1859 | |
| Popular Geology | English
non-fiction
| 1860 | |
The Headship Of Christ...
(also titled: The Witness Papers) | English
non-fiction
| 1861 | |
Essays: Historical And Biographical...
[edited by Peter BAYNE] | English
essays
| 1862 | |
The Witness Papers
[edited by Peter BAYNE] | English
essays
| 1863 | |
Tales And Sketches
[edited by Lydia MILLER] | English
| 1863 | |
Edinburgh And Its Neighbourhood
[edited by Lydia MILLER] | English
| 1864 | |
| Works | English
10 vols
| 1867 | |
Leading Articles On Various Subjects
[edited by John DAVIDSON] | English
essays
| 1870 | Pr Gut #29440 |
| Life And Works | English
autobiography
6 vols
| 1882 | |
| The Geology Of The Country Around Otterburn And Elsdon | English
non-fiction
| 1887 | |
| Rambles Of A Geologist | English
non-fiction
| ? | |