Alison, Archibald

Alison, Archibald
(1757-1839)
   Didactic and philosophical writer, was b. in Edinburgh and ed. at Glasgow University and Oxford. After being presented to various livings in England, A. came to Edinburgh as incumbent of St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, where he attained popularity as a preacher of sermons characterised by quiet beauty of thought and grace of composition. His chief contribution to literature is his Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste (1790), in which the "association" theory is supported.

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  • Alison — (spr. ällĭs n), Sir Archibald, schott. Jurist und Geschichtschreiber, geb. 29. Dez. 1792 zu Kenley, seit 1834 Sheriff von Lanarkshire, gest. 23. Mai 1867; Hauptwerk: »History of Europe from the commencement of the French revolution to the… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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