| 词条 | John Shank More |
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LifeMore was born in North Shields in County Durham, the son of Reverend George More, for some time Presbyterian minister at South Shields.[3] He was called to the Bar in 1806.[4] He married Mary Gillespie (d.1849) in 1811. He edited Charles Erskine’s Principles and Stair’s Institutions. He was considered "a suitably learned man who inspired some affection in his students despite the dullness of his lecturing style".[5] He was involved in the sudden departure of Karl Pearson's father from the University of Edinburgh. In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Thomson, Sir David Brewster and James Bonar.[6] In the 1830s he is listed as living at 19 Great King Street, in a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's New Town.[7] He was President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts 1844-45.[8] He died in Edinburgh and is buried in the churchyard of St John's Episcopal Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.[3] DescriptionHe is described as follows: ".... dear old modest Professor More, who never looked at the class, but glanced up at the end of every utterance to the upper left-hand corner of the class room, said in most sober tone: ,[9] p. 234 References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13945/13945-h/13945-h.htm |title=Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands |author=Harriet Beecher Stowe |publisher=Project Gutenberg |date=2004-11-01 |accessdate=2014-03-13}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hU4EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA379&dq=%22john+shank+More,%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b7PRUpjwKayA7QbVzoDYCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22john%20shank%20More%2C%22&f=false |title=The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive |year=1843 |volume=35 |author=Robert Jameson |date= |accessdate=2014-03-13}} 3. ^1 http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf 4. ^Douglas, W. S. (1882). Modern Athenians: A Series of Original Portraits of Memorable Citizens of Edinburgh. A. and C. Black. 5. ^Cairns, J.W., & MacQueen, H.L. (2002) Learning and the Law: A Short History of the Edinburgh Law School. School of Law, University of Edinburgh. http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/117890/History_of_Law_booklet_web.pdf 6. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401227|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833|last=|first=|date=|website=National Library of Scotland|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-01-20}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rssa.org.uk/history/past-presidents.shtml|title=RSSA: History: Past Presidents|website=www.rssa.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-20}} 9. ^Macdonald, J. H. A. (1915). Life jottings of an old Edinburgh citizen. T. N. Foulis. Bibliography
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