John Shank More

D="mwFQ">John Shank More (wani lokacin ana rubuta shi a matsayin John Schank More) LL. D FRSE RSA (1784-1861) ya rike kujerar a matsayin Farfesa na Dokar Scots a Jami'ar Edinburgh daga 1843 zuwa 1861. Ya shiga cikin yunkurin adawa da bautar  kuma ya kasance mataimakin shugaban Royal Scottish Society of Arts . 

An haifi More a Arewacin Shields a County Durham, ɗan Reverend George More (1744-1827), na ɗan lokaci ministan Presbyterian a Kudancin Shields,  da matarsa Catharine (1749-1827).  Iyayensa sun yi ritaya zuwa Edinburgh a kusa da 1805, suna zaune a 82 Nicolson Street .  Iyayensa daga baya suka koma 4 Hill Square . 

An kira shi zuwa Bar a cikin 1806. 

Ya auri Mary Gillespie (1784-1849) a cikin 1811. Da farko sun zauna kusa da iyayensa a 32 Nicolson Street .  A cikin shekarun 1820 yana zaune a 19 Great King Street.

Ya shirya ka'idodin John Erskine ne Cibiyoyin Matakala. An dauke shi "mutumin da ya dace wanda ya yi wahayi zuwa ga wasu ƙauna a cikin ɗalibansa duk da rashin jin daɗi na salon lacca".[1]

Ya shiga cikin tafiyar mahaifin Karl Pearson daga Jami'ar Edinburgh.

A shekara ta 1820 an zabe shi Fellow na Royal Society na Edinburgh . Masu gabatar da shi sune Thomas Thomson, Sir David Brewster da James Bonar . 

A cikin shekarun 1830 an lissafa shi a matsayin mai zaune a 19 Great King Street, a cikin wani gidan Georgian a New Town na Edinburgh.[1]

Ya kasance Shugaban Royal Scottish Society of the Arts 1844-45. 

 Mutuwa 
Ya mutu a gida 19 Great King Street  a Edinburgh a ranar 12 ga Yuli 1861  kuma an binne shi a kabarin iyayensa a cikin cocin St John's Episcopal Churchyard a yammacin ƙarshen Princes Street.  Kabarin yana kan ƙananan ƙasa a yammacin babban matakala. An binne matarsa Mary tare da shi, kamar yadda 'yarsa Margaret (1813-1894).

 Bayyanawa 
".... ƙaunataccen tsoho mai ladabi Farfesa More, wanda bai taɓa kallon aji ba, amma ya kalli ƙarshen kowane furci zuwa kusurwar hagu na ɗakin aji, ya ce a cikin mafi yawan sauti:

"Kuma don haka" (kai sama) "kamar yadda rana ba za ta iya sauka a kan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya ba" (kai tsaye) "don haka rana ba za za ta taɓa tashi a kan bawa na Burtaniya"

Mutumin da ya cancanci ya yi fushi yayin da yake neman karo na karshe a kusurwar, lokacin da ɗakin ya yi murya da zagaye na applause, mai yiwuwa ba'a har zuwa wani mataki, amma kuma da alheri.

Akwai labarin daya da ke da alaƙa da sunansa wanda zai iya maimaitawa.

An tambayi wani ƙaramin lauya game da ra'ayinsa game da tunawa da abokin ciniki. Ya rubuta a ƙasa:

"Matsayinku ba shi da alama a gare ni da za su tsaya a kansa. Wataƙila zai kasance don ɗaukar taimakon Shank More".

 An kuma gaya masa cewa halin kirki ya kai shi a lokacin jarrabawa, lokacin da yake amsa tambayarsa ɗalibin ya ce, "Ee" da ƙarfi, ya amsa da hankali: "Haka, amma a'a".

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