Rev. John Stuart

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John Stewart, John Steuart

Rev. Dr. John Stuart DD FRSE MWS was a Scottish minister, Gaelic scholar, and reviser of the New Testament in Gaelic of his father James Stuart of Killin.

Stuart studied natural history and botany, attending John Hope's classes in Linnaean Botany at the University of Edinburgh in 1766. In 1772, he accompanied Thomas Pennant on his Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, providing the author with information on natural history, the Gaelic language and Highland customs. He also assisted Rev. John Lightfoot with the preparation of his Flora Scotica (1777).

Stuart's revised Gaelic New Testament was published in 1796 with a print run of 21,500 copies. He was the main translator of the Old Testament in Gaelic which was published in 1801. He also assisted the publication of the Gaelic poems of Duncan Ban MacIntyre.

Stuart was the author of 'The Account of the Parish of Luss' in vol. xvii. of Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland.…more

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	Flora Scotica by John Lightfoot it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1777 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Songs of Duncan Ban Macintyre by Angus MacLeod really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1952 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flora Scotica: or A Systematic Arrangement, in the Linnaean Method, of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides, Volume 1 by John Lightfoot 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1777 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill: to which are added, A Description of the Falls of the Clyde: of the Country round Moffat, and an Analysis of its Mineral Waters by Thomas Garnett 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1800 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars