John Howie | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Lochgoin_Monument_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1500012.jpg) obelisk in memory of Howie | |
| Born | 14 November 1735 Lochgoin |
| Died | 5 January 1793 (aged 57) |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Nationality | Scottish |
John Howie (14 November 1735 – 5 January 1793) was a Scottish biographer.[1][2][3] His best known work was Biographia Scoticana, first published in 1775, which is often called The Scots Worthies. It deals with Christians and particularly Presbyterians especially in their strivings with church and civil authorities.
- ^ Bayne, Thomas Wilson (1891). "Howie, John". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Couper, W. J. (1938). John Howie of Lochgoin and Fenwick. Edinburgh: Scottish Church History Society.
- ^ Du Toit, Alexander (2004). "Howie, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13992. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)