John Stuart Blackie

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John Stuart Blackie was a Scottish scholar. He was born in Glasgow, was educated at the New Academy and afterwards at the Marischal College in Aberdeen. After a period travelling in Europe he took a law degree at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Scottish Bar. In 1839 Blackie was appointed Professor of Humanity at Marischal College, Aberdeen and in 1860 he was appointed to the Chair of Greek at the University of Edinburgh. At Edinburgh he became a charismatic teacher and a popular lecturer on many subjects. His death was the occasion for a national day of mourning, and his funeral stopped the city of Edinburgh in its tracks.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

John Stuart Blackie

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 64.8 x W 49.5 cm

Accession number

2670

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Archibald Stodart Walker, 1934

Work type

Painting

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