John Rae (biographer)

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John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of The Contemporary Review, and contributor to The British Quarterly Review, he became famous for his 1895 biography of Adam Smith, Life of Adam Smith, which replaced the Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith of 1811, by Dugald Stewart, as the standard Smith reference.

Bibliography

Contemporary Socialism (1884; and new editions 1891, 1901, 1908)
Eight Hours for Work (1894)
Life of Adam Smith (1895)

External links

Full text of Life of Adam Smith

References

Rae: a journalist out of his depth, by Aaron B. Fuller, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, November 2003

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 10220673 LCCN: n86828378 ISNI: 0000 0001 0773 0063 GND: 1019657855 SUDOC: 10444679X

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Name	Rae, John
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Short description	British writer
Date of birth	1845
Place of birth
Date of death	1915
Place of death

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