Aglionby Ross Carson 1780-1850
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Aglionby Ross CARSON 1780-1850
Biographical Note
Born in Dumfriesshire, he studied classics at the university of Edinburgh. He was rector at Dumfries Grammar School between 1801 and 1806, before teaching classics at Edinburgh High School. In 1820 he became rector of the latter, and in 1821 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Books
His library was sold at auction by Mr T. Chapman at Edinburgh on Monday, January 20, 1868, comprising of lots 616-1041, mostly of books printed in the nineteenth-century. A copy of the catalogue survives at the NLS (X.44.g.8(3)).
Sources
- Catalogue of a large collection of books, including the law library of the late George Paterson, Esq., Advocate; and another small law library; a portion of the library of the late Dr Carson, Rector of the High School; a part of the library of Mr John Macmillan, M.A., Emeritus Master of the High School, Edinburgh. And another collection of works in general literature…Edinburgh, [1867/1868]
- Waterson, C,D. & A Macmillan Shearer. Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002, Biographical Index, 2006