Surname: Beattie Forename(s): James b. 25 October 1735. d. 18 August 1803. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet and philosopher. Son of a tenant farmer. Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen
(later part of the University of Aberdeen). Schoolmaster at Fordoun, Beattie. Appointed
Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College in 1760. Author of The Judgement of Paris (1761), The Minstrel (1771, 1774), Poems on Several Occasions (1780). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)