Born in 1795, died in 1881; educated in Edinburgh;
schoolmaster at Kirkcaldy in 1816; wrote for cyclopedias in
Edinburgh; became a private tutor in 1822; visited London
and Paris in 1824-25; married Jane Welsh in 1826; lived at
Craigenputtoch in 1828-34, settled at Cheyne Row, Chelsea,
London, in 1834; elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University
in 1866; his "Life of Schiller," published in 1825; "Sartor
Resartus" in 1833, "The French Revolution" in 1837, "Heroes
and Hero Worship" in 1841, "Oliver Cromwell" in 1845,
"Frederick the Great" in 1858-65.
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