Author: David Hume of Godscroft
Alternate names: David Of Godscroft Hume
Born: 1558
Died: 1629
Bio: Not to be confused with [David Hume (1711-1776)][1], the Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist

David Hume (or Home) (1558 – 1629) was a Scottish historian and political theorist, poet and controversialist, a major intellectual figure in Jacobean Scotland. He also spent a decade as pastor of a Protestant congregation in France.


  [1]: http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL29349A/David_Hume