Q:Facts: - death place: dundee , uk - notableworks: '' writings by the way '' - death date: 3 september 1914 - genre: non-fiction , biography , law - spouse: hannah spence thomson - pseudonym: j. campbell smith - birth date: 12 december 1828 - children: two sons and two daughters - name: john campbell smith - nationality: scottish - birth place: wellfield , leuchars , scotland , uk - occupation: writer , biographer , judge , advocate Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john campbell smith .
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'' for other people named john smith , see the john smith navigation page '' john campbell smith -lrb- 1828 -- 1914 -rrb- was a scottish writer , advocate and sheriff-substitute of forfarshire .he was a typical ' lad o ' pairts ' -- a talented scots boy of the 19th century who raised himself from extremely humble beginnings .