John Parker Lawson
John Parker Lawson (died 1852) was a minister or
Episcopal Church of Scotland and an ecclesiastical
historian.
Life
Ordained a minister in the Episcopal Church of Scotland, he was for some time a chaplain in the British Army. Later he lived in Edinburgh, writing for the booksellers.
Works
His works include:
- The Life of George Wishart of Pitarrow, Edinburgh, 1827.
- Life and Times of William Laud, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 2 vols., London, 1829.
- The Bible Cyclopedia, Containing the Biography, Geography and Natural History of the Holy Scriptures 3 vols (vol.I, 1829) (vol.III, 1850)
- The History of Remarkable Conspiracies connected with English History during the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1829. This was issued in Constable's Miscellany.
- The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1836.
- Gazetteer of the Old and New Testaments, with Introductory Essay by William Fleming, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1838.
- Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1839.
- History of the Scottish Episcopal Church from the Revolution to the Present Time, Edinburgh, 1843.
- The Episcopal Church of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Edinburgh, 1844.[1]
Lawson also edited in 1844 the first two volumes of
Clarkson Stanfield and James Duffield Harding
's Scotland Delineated, Edinburgh, 1847โ54.
- The Book of Perth : An Illustration of the Moral and Ecclesiastical State of Scotland before and after the Reformation, Edinburgh, 1847.
- History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, 1848.
- Historical Tales of the Scottish Wars, and of the border raids, forays and conflicts, 2 vols (vol.I, 1848; vol.II, 1849)
- Scotland Delineated a Series of Views of the Principal Cities and Towns, particularly of Edinburgh and its Environs; of the Cathedrals, Abbeys, and other Monastic Remains; the Castles and Baronial Mansions; the Mountains and Rivers, Sea-coast and other Grand and Picturesque Scenery, London, 1850.
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
External links
- Works by John Parker Lawson at Google Books
- 'History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse' by John Parker Lawson (1848)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Lawson, John Parker". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
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