Abercrombie, Patrick

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

(1656-1716)

Antiquary and historian, was physician to James II. in 1685; he was a Jacobite and opposed the Union in various pamphlets. His chief work was Martial Achievements of the Scots Nation (1711-16).

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