Thomas Erskine, of Linlathen
1788–1870
Scottish theologian and advocate. Inherited the estate of Linlathen in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1816. Published works of eclectic theology. Entertained visitors interested in his religious views, among them Frances Julia Wedgwood. His numerous correspondents included Thomas Carlyle, Charles Kingsley and J. F. D. Maurice.
Sources
ODNB
B. Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980, pp. 254, 267
Bibliography
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.
Wedgwood, Barbara and Wedgwood, Hensleigh. 1980. The Wedgwood circle, 1730–1897: four generations of a family and their friends. London: Studio Vista.
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