John Home (1722-1808)

Death: 4th September 1808
Location: South Leith Parish Church, Leith, Scotland
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Scottish minister and author whose play Douglas was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, but his work is now largely neglected. In 1783 he was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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