James Anderson of Hermiston
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James Anderson (1739 - October 15, 1808), a figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, an agriculturist, inventor of the Scotch Plough, and economist, was born at Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland (near Edinburgh).
While still a boy he undertook the working of a farm in Midlothian which his family had occupied for several generations, and later he rented in Aberdeenshire a farm of 1300 acres (5.3 km²) of unimproved land.
In 1783 he settled in Edinburgh, where in 1791 he projected a weekly publication called The Bee, which was largely written by himself, and of which 18 volumes were published. In 1797 he began to reside at Isleworth, and from 1799 to 1802 he produced a monthly publication, Recreations in Agriculture, Natural History, Arts and Miscellaneous Literature. He was also the author of many pamphlets on agricultural and economical topics.
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- Dr. James Anderson (honorary doctorate in law, 1780, Aberdeen), in History of Economic Thought, Scottish Enlightenment, Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA), New School University
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
