John Erskine

(1721-1803)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Erskine, John, 1721-1803 NRA: Erskine, John (1721-1803), Church of Scotland minister and author DNB: Erskine, John (1721-1803), Church of Scotland minister and author LBT ID: JoErski1803 VIAF ID: 15608191 LOC ID: n85024778	B/BAP: 1721-06-02 DIED: 1803-01-19
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Scottish divine, minister of the Old Greyfriars in Edinburgh (1766-1803); he was a friend of George Whitefield.
REFERENCES TO John Erskine: “Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron” in Edinburgh Literary Journal 4 (10 July 1830) 21-23 Found 1: ¶ 5 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter III 1778-83 Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 3 Chapter VI 1790-92 Found 1: ¶ 6