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Events on Saturday 27 December 1800 2
1718 – 1800Hugh Blair (1718-1800)Died 27 December 1800, aged 82Blair was a minister and professor of rhetoric in Edinburgh and a figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. His Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres were a standard textbook in Britain and America for decades. His published sermons were also widely read.
1718 – 1800Hugh Blair (1718-1800)Died 27 December 1800, aged 82Blair was a minister and professor of rhetoric in Edinburgh and a figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. His Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres were a standard textbook in Britain and America for decades. His published sermons were also widely read.