birth_date: 1701-08-04 00:00:00
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name: Thomas Blackwell
about: Thomas Blackwell the younger was a classical scholar, historian and "one of the major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment.Blackwell was born in Aberdeen, son of Rev. Thomas Blackwell (?1660 – 1728), one of the ministers of Aberdeen. He attended the Grammar School of his native place and studied Greek and philosophy at Marischal College, graduating M.A. in 1718. He was presented to the chair of Greek at Marischal in 1723, becoming the college's principal on 7 October 1748. Blackwell was a well regarded professor and taught a number of important Enlightenment figures including Principal George Campbell, Robert Chambers, Alexander Gerard, and James Beattie. He strongly influenced James Macpherson, the godfather as it were of Ossian, Lord Mon Thomas Blackwell the younger was a classical scholar, historian and "one of the major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment.Blackwell was born in Aberdeen, son of Rev. Thomas Blackwell (?1660 – 1728), one of the ministers of Aberdeen. He attended the Grammar School of his native place and studied Greek and philosophy at Marischal College, graduating M.A. in 1718. He was presented to the chair of Greek at Marischal in 1723, becoming the college's principal on 7 October 1748. Blackwell was a well regarded professor and taught a number of important Enlightenment figures including Principal George Campbell, Robert Chambers, Alexander Gerard, and James Beattie. He strongly influenced James Macpherson, the godfather as it were of Ossian, Lord Monboddo and Adam Ferguson.Blackwell's works, including An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer (1735), Letters Concerning Mythology (1748), and Memoirs of the Court of Augustus (3 vols., 1753–63), established him as one of the premier figures in the Scottish Enlightenment. ...more
death_date: 1757-03-06 00:00:00