Alexander John Scott
1805–66
Scottish preacher and literary scholar. Independent minister of a small congregation at Woolwich, 1830–46; retained his ministry despite his licence to preach being revoked by the Presbyterian church following a charge of heresy in 1831. Highly regarded as a lecturer on literary and religious subjects. Professor of English language and literature, University College London, 1848. Principal of Owens College, Manchester, 1851–7.
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Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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