Archibald Alison ( 1757 - 1839 )

Birth: 1757 Death: 17 May 1839 Burial: St John's Churchyard, Edinburgh Education: In Glasgow, where he met Dugald Stewart (FRS 1814); BCL (1784, Balliol College, Oxford) Career: Took Holy Orders in the Church of England; incumbent of Sudbury, Northampton; published "Essay on the nature and principles of taste" (1790); Perpetual Curate, Kenley, Shropshire (1790); minister of the Episcopal Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh (1800) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/11/1792.