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A Short Biography of Sir James Mackintosh

Author Name:

Sir James Mackintosh

Born As:

James Mackintosh

Other Names:

Born:

24 Oct 1765

Died:

30 May 1832




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Jurist, politician and historian                          
Selected Works:

Vindiciæ Gallicæ - 1791
History of England - contributed to Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia - 1831
Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy - 1830
Causes of the Revolution of 1688. Begun 1811-2, unfinished, edited by William Wallace after Mackintosh's death - chiefly known by Macaulay’s essay upon it and by scandal which ensued - 1834
Complete Works - 1846.
                          
First wife Catherine Stuart, one son, who died in infancy, and three daughters. Wife died 1797.
Second wife Catherine Allen, two sons, one of whom died in infancy, and two daughters.