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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/44
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c.44
TitleJohn Gregory to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date26 October 1770
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryJohn Gregory [1724-1773] One of a dinasty of professors of medicine at Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He succeded his brother in the chair of medicine at King's College in 1755. He was a close friend and mentor of Beattie. In 1752 he married Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Forbes. In 1764 Gregory moved to a more lucrative chair and practice in Edinburgh, but he and Beattie remained intimate friends

George Lyttleton, Lord Lyttleton [1709-1773] former goverment minister, writer, friend of Mrs Montagu and the bluestocking circle
DescriptionGlad to hear of Beattie's good health. Lord Lyttleton's letter will have done it more good than any bolus. Gregory wants Minstrel printed without waiting more criticism. Some people speak of acrimony of Beattie's essay, but Gregory defends it because the cause is so important. Asks for Beattie's comments on his lectures which are going to press
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