John Rae

Scottish journalist and biographer
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Quick Facts

IntroScottish journalist and biographer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
wasJournalist Writer Biographer Editor
Work fieldJournalism Literature Science
Gender
Male
Birth1845
Death1915 (aged 70 years)
The details

Biography

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.

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