John Stuart FRSE MWS (also spelt Stewart or Steuart) (1743–1821) was a Scottish minister, Gaelic scholar, and reviser of the New Testament in Gaelic of his father James Stuart of Killin.
John Stuart's revised Gaelic New Testament was published in 1796 with a print run of 21,500 copies.[1] He was the main translator of the Old Testament in Gaelic which was published in 1801.[2]
- ^ "A second, revised edition by John Stuart of Luss (1743–1821, son of James Stuart) was published in 1796 with a print run of 21,500 copies (Literature of the Scottish Gael 14)" (Koch 2006, p. 208).
- ^ Note by Dr Donald Mason, "The following fragment of MS., in the handwriting of Mr Stewart's son. Dr John Stewart of Luss, the translator into Scotch Gaelic of the larger portion of the Old Testament" (Campbell & Macbain 1890).