Thomas Blackwell (scholar)

Thomas Blackwell
Born(1701-08-04)4 August 1701
Aberdeen
Died6 March 1757(1757-03-06) (aged 55)
Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
Alma materMarischal College, University of Aberdeen
Spouse
Barbara Black
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(m. 1751)​
FatherThomas Blackwell
RelativesThomas Blackwell (father), Christian Johnston (mother), Alexander Blackwell (brother)
Scientific career
InstitutionsMarischal College

Thomas Blackwell the younger (4 August 1701 – 6 March 1757) was a classical scholar, historian and "one of the major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment."[1]

  1. ^ Wykes, David L. (2011). "The Revd John Aikin senior Kibworth School and Warrington Academy." In: Religious Dissent and the Aikin-Barbauld Circle, 1740–1860. Cambridge University Press, p. 31.