John Stuart Blackie

John Stuart Blackie was a linguist, historian, translator, university teacher, writer and literary critic (1809–1895). He was born at Glasgow and died at Edinburgh.

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Career and activity

He was employed by University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. He belonged to Faculty of Advocates and Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople. He worked at Edinburgh.

Identity

What the record establishes about John Stuart Blackie.

[Review of: On self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral : a vade-mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Blackie. Edinburgh Edmonsyon and Douglas, 1874.]. is dated 1874 and held by Wellcome Collection. Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880. is dated 1880 and held by Wellcome Collection. Blaikīke phizikala-vyāyām svasthya, kalcara (rakshā) ka hindī anuvāda / [by] Jāna Stuarta Blaikī, [trans.] Bhagavān Carana Tripāthi. is dated 1964 [1907] and held by Wellcome Collection. The water cure in Scotland : five letters from Dunoon, originally published in the "Aberdeen herald," now reprinted / by J.S. Blackie. is dated 1849 and held by Wellcome Collection. A letter to the citizens of Aberdeen, on the improvement of their academical institutions / [John Stuart Blackie]. is dated 1846 and held by Wellcome Collection. John Stuart Blackie is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

John Stuart Blackie is recorded as linguist, historian, translator, university teacher and writer. Wellcome Collection records 10 objects associated with this heading. Open Library catalogues 32 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 32 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to John Stuart Blackie is held.

Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism is digitised and catalogued by Project Gutenberg. The pronunciation of Greek; accent and quantity. A philological inquiry is digitised and catalogued by Project Gutenberg. Scottish Song...: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance (1889) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands (1876) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Messis Vitae: Gleanings of Song from a Happy Life (1886) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. What Does History Teach?: Two Edinburgh Lectures (1886) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Selected Poems of John Stuart Blackie (1896) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Greek primer, colloquial and constructive is digitised and catalogued by Project Gutenberg. The Day-book of John Stuart Blackie (1902) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The natural history of atheism (1877) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Life of Robert Burns (2004) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Lyrical Poems (1860) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Lay Sermons (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which John Stuart Blackie may be traced in institutional catalogues.

John Stuart Blackie is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q6259525.

Catalogued works

39 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1846 to 1895.

The Best Hundred Books. Life of Robert Burns. Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece (1880) by John Stuart Blackie. Four Phases of Morals. Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands (1876). Wise Men of Greece (1877) by John Stuart Blackie. Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands. Four Phases of Morals - Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism. Pronunciation of Greek - Accent and Quantity - a Philological Inquiry. Scottish Highlanders and the Land Laws - an Historico-Economical Enquiry. Natural History of Atheism. Song of Heroes. Lyrical Dramas of Aechulus. Homer and the Iliad V3. Lays of the Highlands and Islands. What Does History Teach? Two Edinburgh Lectures. War Songs of the Germans; with Historical Illustrations of the Liberation War and the Rhine Boundary. Iliad in English Verse. Notes of a Life. Christianity and the Ideal of Humanity in Old Times and New. Lyrical Poems. Letters of John Stuart Blackie to His Wife, with a Few Earlier Ones to His Parents;. Wise Men of Greece - in a Series of Dramatic Dialogues. On Self-Culture, Intellectual, Physical, And Moral. A Vade Mecum For Young Men And Students. The Wisdom of Goethe.by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and John Stuart Blackie. Greek and English Dialogues, for Use in Schools. On Self-Culture, Intellectual, Physical, and Moral. Homer and the Iliad. The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands. The day-book of John Stuart Blackie. On democracy. Scottish song. The wisdom of Goethe. A letter to the citizens of Aberdeen, on the improvement of their academical institutions / [John Stuart Blackie]., dated 1846, held by Wellcome Collection. [Review of: On self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral : a vade-mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Blackie. Edinburgh Edmonsyon and Douglas, 1874.]., dated 1874, held by Wellcome Collection. On self-culture, intellectual, physical, and moral : a vade mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Black., dated 1895, held by Wellcome Collection. The water cure in Scotland: five letters from Dunoon / originally published in the 'Aberdeen Herald'., dated 1849, held by Wellcome Collection. The water cure in Scotland : five letters from Dunoon, originally published in the "Aberdeen herald," now reprinted / by J.S. Blackie., dated 1849, held by Wellcome Collection. Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880., dated 1880, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Blackie, John Stuart (1809–1895), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. 4. THE BLACKIE CASE, John Stuart Blackie, 2006. The Blackie Case, John Stuart BlackieScottish Scholar and Patriot, 2006. Checking Some Wellesley Index Attributions by Empirical ‘Internal Evidence’: The Case of Blackie and Burton, Authorship, 2011.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Selected Poems of John Stuart Blackie (1896) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

John Stuart Blackie studied at University of Edinburgh and University of Aberdeen. the recorded working language is Latin.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Edinburgh. Employment is recorded with University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. Membership is recorded of Faculty of Advocates and Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople.

Chronology

  1. 1809John Stuart Blackie born at Glasgow.
  2. 1809John Stuart Blackie was born in 1809 at Glasgow.
  3. 1846A letter to the citizens of Aberdeen, on the improvement of their academical institutions / [John Stuart Blackie]. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1846A letter to the citizens of Aberdeen, on the improvement of their academical institutions / [John Stuart Blackie]. is dated 1846 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1849The water cure in Scotland: five letters from Dunoon / originally published in the 'Aberdeen Herald'. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1849The water cure in Scotland : five letters from Dunoon, originally published in the "Aberdeen herald," now reprinted / by J.S. Blackie. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1849The water cure in Scotland : five letters from Dunoon, originally published in the "Aberdeen herald," now reprinted / by J.S. Blackie. is dated 1849 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1860Lyrical Poems (1860) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  9. 1874[Review of: On self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral : a vade-mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Blackie. Edinburgh Edmonsyon and Douglas, 1874.]. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1874[Review of: On self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral : a vade-mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Blackie. Edinburgh Edmonsyon and Douglas, 1874.]. is dated 1874 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1876The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1876The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands (1876) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  13. 1877The natural history of atheism (1877) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  14. 1880Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880. is dated 1880 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  15. 1881Lay Sermons digitised by Internet Archive.
  16. 1881Lay Sermons (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  17. 1886What Does History Teach?: Two Edinburgh Lectures digitised by Internet Archive.
  18. 1886Messis Vitae: Gleanings of Song from a Happy Life digitised by Internet Archive.
  19. 1886Messis Vitae: Gleanings of Song from a Happy Life (1886) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  20. 1886What Does History Teach?: Two Edinburgh Lectures (1886) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  21. 1889Scottish Song...: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance digitised by Internet Archive.
  22. 1889Scottish Song...: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance (1889) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  23. 1895John Stuart Blackie died at Edinburgh.
  24. 1895On self-culture, intellectual, physical, and moral : a vade mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Black. (Wellcome Collection).
  25. 1895John Stuart Blackie died in 1895 at Edinburgh.
  26. 1896The Selected Poems of John Stuart Blackie digitised by Internet Archive.
  27. 1896The Selected Poems of John Stuart Blackie (1896) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  28. 1902The Day-book of John Stuart Blackie (1902) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  29. 1964Blaikīke phizikala-vyāyām svasthya, kalcara (rakshā) ka hindī anuvāda / [by] Jāna Stuarta Blaikī, [trans.] Bhagavān Carana Tripāthi. is dated 1964 [1907] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  30. 2004Life of Robert Burns (2004) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Connections

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Sources

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  1. 1.

    4. THE BLACKIE CASE, John Stuart Blackie, 2006

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Blackie, John Stuart (1809–1895), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for John Stuart Blackie (Internet Archive), 32 catalogued works.

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  4. 4.

    The Blackie Case, John Stuart BlackieScottish Scholar and Patriot, 2006

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming John Stuart Blackie.

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 68 digitised items catalogued under John Stuart Blackie as creator.

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  7. 7.

    Project Gutenberg holds 4 full texts attributed to John Stuart Blackie.

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 10 works naming John Stuart Blackie.

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6259525: John Stuart Blackie

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  10. 10.

    “John Stuart Blackie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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