name: Patrick Fraser Tytler
birth_date: 1791-08-30 00:00:00
death_date: 1849-12-14 00:00:00
genres: Nonfiction, History
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about: Patrick Fraser Tytler, FSA(Scot), FRSE was a Scottish historian.He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh in 1813; in 1816 he became King's counsel in the Exchequer, and practised as an advocate until 1832.Tytler is most noted for his literary output. He contributed to Archibald Alison's Travels in France (1815); his first independent essays were papers in Blackwood's Magazine. His major work, The History of Scotland (1828–1843), covered the period between 1249 and 1603. A second edition was published in 1841–1843. Patrick Fraser Tytler, FSA(Scot), FRSE was a Scottish historian.He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh in 1813; in 1816 he became King's counsel in the Exchequer, and practised as an advocate until 1832.Tytler is most noted for his literary output. He contributed to Archibald Alison's Travels in France (1815); his first independent essays were papers in Blackwood's Magazine. His major work, The History of Scotland (1828–1843), covered the period between 1249 and 1603. A second edition was published in 1841–1843. ...more