Watson, John

John (1850-1907), an English Presbyterian clergyman and author who used the pen name of Ian Maclaren. He was born at Manningtree, Essex. He was educated at Edinburgh University and at the University of Tubingen. He was located at Edinburgh, Logiealmond, Glasgow, and Liverpool, respectively. He has written several religious works, among them The Mind of the Master, The Upper Room, and The Potter's Wheel. The work for which Watson is best known is a series of sketches of life in Highland parishes, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush. It was followed by The Days of Auld Lang Syne, a book of similar character. See Beside The Bonnie Briar Bush