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Robert Sibbald

 

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Robert Sibbald : [manuscript Life]

'I mentioned that I had in my possession the Life of Sir Robert Sibbald, the celebrated Scottish antiquary, and founder of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, in the original manuscript in his own hand-writing ; and that it was, I believed, the most natural and candid account of himself that ever was given by any man'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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