Q:Facts: - caption: portrait by david allan - death date: 23 june 1795 - significant projects: edinburgh new town - birth date: 31 october 1739 - name: james craig - image size: 220 - nationality: scottish - image: portrait of james craig by david allan.jpg - birth place: edinburgh Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james craig -lrb- architect -rrb- .
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james craig -lrb- 31 october 1739 -- 23 june 1795 -rrb- was a scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of edinburgh .he is remembered primarily for his layout of the first edinburgh new town .