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Farquharson, James, F.r.s., Ll.d.

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a Scotch clergyman, son of the excise officer at Coull, was born in 1781; graduated at the University and King's College, Aberdeen, in 1798; was appointed schoolmaster of the parish the same year; presented by the prince regent to the living at Alford in August, and ordained September 17, 1813. He died December 3, 1843. His attainments in meteorological science were of a very high order, and he was a frequent contributor to various learned periodicals, and corresponded with most of the learned men in Europe. He published, A Near Illustration of the Latter Part of Daniel's Last Vision and Prophecy (Lond. 1838): The Native Forests of Aberdeenshire: Noah's Ark: The Aurora Borealis: The Currency: An Essay on Cutting Grain with the Scythe, in the Transactions of the Highland Society: besides many papers in the Philosophical Transactions: also An Account of the Parish. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:547.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Farquharson, James, F.r.s., Ll.d.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​f/farquharson-james-frs-lld.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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