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Agricultural Sir John: the life of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1754 - 1835
Physical ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical notes and index. Sinclair, John Sir - 1754-1835. Great Britain. Board of Agriculture. Politicians - Scotland - Biography.
291 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1962
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Rosalind Mitchison
21 booksRosalind Mary Mitchison FRSE) was a 20th-century English historian and academic who specialised in Scottish social history. She was affectionately known as "Rowy" Mitchison.
She was educated at Dragon School in Oxford then studied history at Lady Margaret Hall and went to the University of Manchester as an assistant lecturer, working under Sir Lewis Namier, in 1943.
In 1953 her husband was appointed to a professorship at the University of Edinburgh and they moved to Scotland. Mitchison taught history, initially part-time, at Edinburgh until 1957. In 1962 she began teaching at the University of Glasgow where she remained until 1967, latterly as a full-time lecturer. Her first work, Agricultural Sir John (1962), broke new ground in the history of 18th-century Scotland, hitherto mainly studied, when studied at all, from the perspective of the Acts of Union 1707 or the Scottish Enlightenment.
She returned to the University of Edinburgh in 1967 as a Reader, and was by 1981 Emeritus Professor of Social History, a post she held until 1986.
She was educated at Dragon School in Oxford then studied history at Lady Margaret Hall and went to the University of Manchester as an assistant lecturer, working under Sir Lewis Namier, in 1943.
In 1953 her husband was appointed to a professorship at the University of Edinburgh and they moved to Scotland. Mitchison taught history, initially part-time, at Edinburgh until 1957. In 1962 she began teaching at the University of Glasgow where she remained until 1967, latterly as a full-time lecturer. Her first work, Agricultural Sir John (1962), broke new ground in the history of 18th-century Scotland, hitherto mainly studied, when studied at all, from the perspective of the Acts of Union 1707 or the Scottish Enlightenment.
She returned to the University of Edinburgh in 1967 as a Reader, and was by 1981 Emeritus Professor of Social History, a post she held until 1986.
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November 29, 2016
This is a first class biography. Commissioned by the descendants of the subject, Rosalind Mitchison draws a detailed, three-dimensional portrait of a fascinating man. Full measure is taken of Sinclair's talents and achievements but we are also presented with many flaws and foibles. Not only is this a work of deep scholarship, expertly exploiting unpublished family archives and secondary sources, but it is also very readable.
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