Robert Anderson (author)

Robert Anderson (January 7, 1750–February 20, 1830) was a Scottish author and critic.

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January 7 - 1750 - February 20 - 1830 - Scottish - Author - Critic

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He was born at Carnwath, Lanarkshire. He studied first divinity and then medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently, after some experience as a surgeon, took his M.D. at the University of St Andrews in 1778. He began to practise as a physician at Alnwick in Northumberland, but he became financially independent by his marriage with the daughter of John Gray, and abandoned his profession for a literary life in Edinburgh.

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Lanarkshire - Divinity - Medicine - University of Edinburgh - Surgeon - University of St Andrews - 1778 - Alnwick - Northumberland - Edinburgh

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For several years his attention was occupied with his edition of The Works of the British Poets, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical (14 vols. 8vo, Edin., 1792-1807). His other publications were:

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• The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D., with Memoirs of his Life and Writings (Edin., 1796)
• Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., with Critical Observations on his Works (Edin., 1815)
• The Works of John Moore, M.D., with Memoirs of his Life and Writings (Edin., 7 vols., 1820)
• The Grave and other Poems, by Robert Blair; to which are prefixed some Account of his Life and Observations on his Writings (Edin., 1826).