| 词条 | John Macpherson (minister) |
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LifeThe son of Dugald Macpherson, minister at Duirinish, Skye, he studied classics at Aberdeen University, graduating M.A. 1728, and D.D. 1761. He was minister of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 1734 to 1742, and of Sleat on Skye, from 1742 to 1765.[2] WorksMacpherson published Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, Religion of the Ancient Caledonians, their Posterity, the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots, London, 1768. This work on the Ossian controversy upheld the authenticity of the poems attributed to Ossian.[2] Though not closely related, James Macpherson, author of "Ossian", and John Macpherson knew each other well. They are thought to be complicit in the forged works.[3] The "Ancient Caledonians" of John Macpherson were from Gaul, ancestors of the Picts, Scots and Irish, a theory also adopted by James Macpherson.[4] Critical Dissertations also attacked contemporary historians of Scotland, particularly William Robertson.[5] Macpherson claimed to have seen a reading of "Ossianic" verse, by a Gaelic bard; the poet in question has been identified, tentatively, as Dòmhnall MacMhuirich (fl. 1707–1740s), last representative of the MacMhuirich bardic family.[6][7]Macpherson paraphrased the Song of Moses in Latin verse, published in The Scots Magazine. In the debate on second sight, with a cousin, Martin Macpherson of Golspie, he attacked "Theophilus Isolanus", pseudonymous author of a treatise on the topic, real name Donald Macleod.[1][8] FamilyMacpherson married Janet, daughter of Donald Macleod of Bernera. Their elder son Martin Macpherson (1743–1812), succeeded his father at Sleat, and was visited by Samuel Johnson. Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet was the younger son.[2] Notes1. ^1 {{cite ODNB|id=17729|first=Paul J.|last=deGategno|title=Macpherson, John}} Attribution{{DNB|wstitle=Macpherson, John (1745-1821)|volume=}} (in the article about his son){{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Macpherson, John}}2. ^1 2 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Macpherson, John (1745-1821)|volume=}} 3. ^{{cite book|author1=Eric Hobsbawm|author2=Terence Ranger|title=The Invention of Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IckLAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|date=26 March 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-39451-3|page=17}} 4. ^{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=O'Flaherty|title=Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEthBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT71|date=15 January 2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division|isbn=978-1-4426-1988-3|page=71}} 5. ^{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Kidd|title=Subverting Scotland's Past: Scottish Whig Historians and the Creation of an Anglo-British Identity 1689-1830|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhTOqt4-wD8C&pg=PA219|date=18 December 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52019-5|page=219}} 6. ^Derick S. Thomson, MacPherson's Ossian: Ballads to Epics, Béaloideas Iml. 54/55 (1986/1987), pp. 243–264, at p. 247. Published by: An Cumann Le Béaloideas Éireann/Folklore of Ireland Society DOI: 10.2307/20522288 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20522288 7. ^{{cite ODNB|id=59510|first=Derick S.|last=Thomson|title=MacMhuirich family}} 8. ^{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Sutherland|title=The Brahan Seer: The Making of a Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwT00nyEPSkC&pg=PA236|year=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-868-7|page=236 note 19}} 5 : Ministers of the Church of Scotland|Scottish writers|Scottish translators|1710 births|1765 deaths |
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