Definition of James crichton

1. Noun. Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582).


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Literary usage of James crichton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"The third lord had mamed Margaret, second daughter of King James the Second, and had, with a daughter, a son, Sir james crichton of ..."

2. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1889)
"(d) Under the designation of "Sir james crichton of ... In 1452 Sir james crichton is said to have been "belted Earl of Moray " as in the text. ..."

3. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"NEW LETTERS AND MEMORIALS of JANE WELSH CARLYLE ANNOTATED BY THOMAS CARLYLE AND EDITED BY ALEXANDER CARLYLE, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR james crichton ..."

4. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... the old age of body and mind (senile dementia) —Charcot—GM Humphry—Sir James Crichton-Browne—HM Friedman—H. Gilford—H. Oertel—AS Warthin—W. Spielmeyer— ..."

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