Person Alison; Archibald (1757 - 1839) Alison Archibald 1757 - 1839 British Male 1757 1757 17 May 1839 1839 Burial: St John's Churchyard, Edinburgh

Education: In Glasgow, where he met Dugald Stewart (FRS 1814); BCL (1784, Balliol College, Oxford) Career: Took Holy Orders in the Church of England; incumbent of Sudbury, Northampton; published 'Essay on the nature and principles of taste' (1790); Perpetual Curate, Kenley, Shropshire (1790); minister of the Episcopal Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh (1800) Possibly the son of Patrick Alison, Provost of Edinburgh; married Dorothea, daughter of Dr John Gregory (FRS 1756) Fellow 15/11/1792 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 p 177 Notes: Burke's Peerage names his father as Archibald Alison of New Hall, Angusshire International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1757 - 17 May 1839 NA7285 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 6f0ca162-1cd4-496a-b312-a1e2d56c0de4