About John Home

Rev John Home was a Scottish minister, soldier and author. His 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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John Home

Scottish playwright and Presbyterian minister; (1722-1808)

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Occupation: playwright, historian, poet, writer

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Sir Henry Raeburn (died 1823) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Scotland

Born

September 22, 1722, September 13, 1722

Died

September 4, 1808, 1808

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