About John Rae
Lived 1845 – 1915 (aged 69–70). John Rae was a British journalist, biographer, editor and writer.
John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of The Contemporary Review, and contributor to The British Quarterly Review, he became famous for his 1895 biography of Adam Smith, Life of Adam Smith, which replaced the Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith of 1811, by Dugald Stewart, as the standard Smith reference.
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Who was John Rae?
Scottish journalist and biographer (1845–1915)
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John Rae was born in 1845.
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John Rae died in 1915.
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John Rae was a journalist, biographer, editor and writer.
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John Rae was British.
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