John Jamieson

John Jamieson DD FRSE FSA Scot FRSL (3 March 1759 – 12 July 1838) was a Scottish minister of religion, lexicographer, philologist and antiquary. His most important work is the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.

For the American curler, see John Jamieson (curler). For the Scottish rugby player, see John Jamieson (rugby union).

The Reverend

John Jamieson

FRSE FSA Scot FRSL
John Jamieson by William Yellowlees
Born3 March 1759
Glasgow
Died12 July 1838 (1838-07-13) (aged 79)
George Square, Edinburgh
Resting placeSt. Cuthbert's Cemetery, Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipGreat Britain
EducationGlasgow Grammar School
Alma materGlasgow University (1768-71)
Edinburgh University (1775-6)
College of New Jersey (DD 1795)
Occupation(s)Licensed minister (1781)
Minister of secessionist congregation Forfar, Angus
Minister of the Nicolson Street Antiburgher Church, Edinburgh (1797–1830)
Notable work"Etymological Dictionary of The Scottish Language" (1808)
"History of the Culdees" (1811)
"Views of the Royal Palaces of Scotland" (1828)
SpouseCharlotte Watson (died 1837)
Notes
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1803)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1815)
Fellow of the American Antiquarian Society
Fellow of the Royal Literary Society
Member of the Highland Society
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