Beattie
JAMES, a Scottish poet deen, for four years, and received the and miscellaneous writer, born at M. A. degree. In 1753 he was appointed Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Oct. 25, schoolmaster at Fordoun, afterward master of the Grammar School of Aberdeen, for four years, and received the deen, and ultimately Professor of Moral College. In 1760 he published a volume BEATTY of poems. In 1765 he published a poem, the "Judgment of Paris," and in 1770 his celebrated "Essay on Truth," for which the University of Oxford conferred on him the degree of LL. D.; and George III. honored him, when on a visit to London, with a private conference and a pension. He next published in 1771 the first book of his poem, the "Minstrel," and in 1774 the second; this is the only work by which he is now remembered. In 1776 he published dissertations on "Poetry and Music," "Laughter and Ludicrous Composition"; in 1783 and in 1790-1793 "Elements of Moral Science." He died in Aberdeen, Aug. 18, 1803. :