| Administrative History | Earl of Buchan [David Stewart Erskine, 1742-1829] Historian, antiquarian and writer
Joseph Priestly [1733-1804] Scientist, dissenting minister, and theological writer. Chiefly important to Beattie as author of 'An Examination of Dr Reid's Inquiery into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense, Dr Beattie's Essays on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, and Dr Oswald's Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion' (1774) |