Andrew Crosbie
Andrew Crosbie of Holm FRSE FSA(Scot) (1736-1785) was a Scottish lawyer, and a notable figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Born in Dumfries, the son of Andrew Crosbie of Holm, the provost of the burgh, the younger Crosbie was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. Admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1757, he was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty in 1784.[1]
A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society upon it gaining a royal warrant in 1783, he automatically became a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
An office-bearer ('Assassin') of The Poker Club, and a friend of Boswell and Johnson, Crosbie was the basis of the character Councillor Pleydell in Sir Walter Scotts's novel Guy Mannering.[1]
He died in distressed circumstances on 25 February 1785, and was interred at Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF) I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Crosbie, Andrew". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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