James Elphinston (December 6, 1721 – October 8, 1809) was a well noted 18th-century Scottish educator, orthographer, phonologist and linguistics expert...
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(1688–1766) accountant-general and politician, Lord Provost of Edinburgh James Elphinston (1721–1809) educator and linguist Robert Erskine (doctor) (1677–1718)...
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Sir Edward Denny (1796–1889) composer, resident of Manor of Elstree. James Elphinston (1721–1809) Scottish educator, moved to Elstree in 1792. Percy Everett...
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1804 – Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777) 1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721) 1821 –...
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(b. 1737) Caroline Schelling, German scholar (b. 1763) October 8 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) October 11 – Meriwether Lewis, American...
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family moved to Edinburgh and then to London. There he studied under James Elphinston, a Scottish educator and linguist. He planned to study law, but was...
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Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794) 1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809) 1732 – Warren Hastings...
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Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman (d. 1824) December 6 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (d. 1809) Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de...
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Elphinstone, 3rd Baronet (c. 1710–1739), of the Elphinstone baronets James Elphinston (1721–1809), Scottish educator, orthographer, phonologist, and linguistics...
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Baronet (1880–1970) (claimed title 1927) Sir John Elphinston, 11th Baronet (1924–2015) Sir Alexander Elphinston, 12th Baronet (born 1955) The heir apparent...
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