He "produced many
educational works which were widely adopted in both private and public
schools throughout the country." Henry Ward Beecher called him the
"American Napier" from the vividness of his historical descriptions.
David Gray (1836-88), editor of the Buffalo "Courier" and poet, was
born in Edinburgh. John Clark Ridpath (1841-1900), educator,
historian, and author, was decended from the old Border family of
Redpath. He was the author of "Great Races of Mankind" (1893),
"History of the World" (1898), etc. Katherine Margaret Brownlee (b.
1841), a descendant of the Brownlees of Torwood, was author of several
volumes of poetry. Leonard Allison Morrison (b. 1843) of New
Hampshire, was a descendant of John Morrison who went from Scotland to
Londonderry and thence to Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1723. Always
devoted to literary studies, as a historical and genealogical writer
he has earned an enviable reputation. James Morrison Steele Mackaye
(1842-94), actor and dramatist, was grandson of William Kay who came
from Scotland about 1800. His son, Percy Wallace Mackaye (b. 1875) is
a distinguished dramatist and poet. Wallace Bruce (b. 1844), poet and
essayist, was descended from George Bruce who came from Scotland in
1635. While United States Consul at Edinburgh (1889-93) he secured the
erection of a statue of Lincoln in the Calton Burial Ground, to
commemorate the services of Scottish-American soldiers in the Civil
War. James Kennedy, born at Aberlemno, Forfarshire, in 1850, is a
well-known poet, author, and lecturer.
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