John Gillies ( 1747 - 1836 )

Birth: Brechin, Forfarshire (18 January 1747) Death: Clapham, London (15 February 1836) Education: University of Glasgow; LLD (1784) Career: Went abroad as a Tutor and lived many years in Germany; returned to England (1784); Historiographer Royal for Scotland (1793); wrote a "History of Greece " (1786); translated Aristotle, Lysias; lived in retirement in Clapham Memberships: FSA Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/01/1789.