Alexander Jamieson

Alexander Jamieson (1782–1850) was a Scottish writer and schoolmaster, now best known as a rhetorician. He has been described as effectively a professional textbook writer.[1] After the failure of his school, he worked as an actuary.[2]

  1. ^ Jean Ferguson Carr; Stephen L. Carr; Lucille M. Schultz (2005). Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-century Rhetorics, Readers, And Composition Books in the United States. SIU Press. pp. 42–3. ISBN 978-0-8093-2611-2.
  2. ^ Alexander Jamieson, celestial map maker, by Ian Ridpath.