John Sutherland Black

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Rev John Sutherland Black

FRSE LLD (1846–1923) was a Scottish biblical scholar and contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica and Dictionary of National Biography. He was a noted literary editor and amateur astronomer. In encyclopedic references, Black is usually just shown as J.S.B.[1]

Life

Black was born in

Secession Church. Black attended the Burgh School in Kirkcaldy. He then attended the University of Edinburgh
graduating with an MA and then an LLD.

From 1878 to 1889 Black was Assistant Editor for

Encyclopedia Biblica. In the same period he was a major contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography
.

From 1906 until 1916 Black was Curator of records at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Black died in London on 22 February 1923.[2]

Works

Memberships

References

  1. ^ "John Sutherland Black - Wikisource, the free online library".
  2. ^ "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1783 – 2002" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ Black, John Sutherland (1846–1923). "Online Books by". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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