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Hugh Blair

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Gender Male
Death224 years ago
Date of birth April 7,1718
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Date of died December 27,1800
DiedEdinburgh
United Kingdom
Job Philosopher
Education The University of Edinburgh
Notabl workSermons
Awards Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
Dr. Blair's lectures on rhetoric
An abridgment of Lectures on rhetoric
The beauties of Blair
The Wrath of Man Praising God: A Sermon Preached in the High Church of Edinburgh, May 18th, 1746. Before His Grace the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. By Hugh Blair, . . .
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A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian: The Son of Fingal
The Compassion and Beneficence of the Deity: A Sermon, Preached Before the Society Incorporated by Royal Charter for the Benefit of the Sons of the Clergy of the Established Church of Scotland, . . . May, 20. 1796. By Hugh Blair, . . . To which is Added, an Account of the Objects and Constitution of the Society. . . .
On Tranquillity of Mind
Blairs Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Letters (1822)
Aireamh thaghta de shearmoinibh
Heads of lectures on rhetorick, and belles lettres, in the University of Edinburgh . . . 1771
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Hugh Blair FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse.

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