John Rae
Scottish journalist and biographer
Intro | Scottish journalist and biographer | |
Places | United Kingdom Scotland | |
was | Journalist Writer Biographer Editor | |
Work field | Journalism Literature Science | |
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Birth | 1845 | |
Death | 1915 (aged 70 years) |
John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of The Contemporary Review, and contributor to The British Quarterly Review, he became famous for his 1895 biography of Adam Smith, Life of Adam Smith, which replaced the Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith of 1811, by Dugald Stewart, as the standard Smith reference.