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Dalrymple, David
Legal name
Dalrymple 3rd Baronet Lord Hailes, Sir David
Birthdate
1726-10-28
Date of death
1792-11-29
Gender
male
Nationality
Scotland
Places of residence
Scotland
Education
Eton College
University of Utrecht
Occupations
judge
historian

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Lord Hailes's 'Annals of Scotland' have not that painted form which is the taste of this age; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty." --Samuel Johnson, quoted by Boswell in Life of Johnson.
 
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