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John Ogilvie or Ogilvy
He was born on 18 November 1733 in
FRSE
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(1733-1813) was an 18th-century Scottish minister, hymn-writer and poet. A friend of James Beattie and Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...
he came to fame during his own life-time but had more success with his poetry than with longer texts.
Life
He was born on 18 November 1733 in Aberdeen
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the son of Rev James Ogilvie. He studied divinity at Marischal College
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in Aberdeen, graduating MA in 1759 and being immediately ordained in the Church of Scotland
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. His charge was Midmar
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History
The na ...
in Aberdeenshire
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, where he served his whole life.
It was to Ogilvie that Samuel Johnson delivered his infamous statement: ''th noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England'' (1763).
Aberdeen University awarded him an honorary doctorate (DD) in 1777.
In 1789 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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. His proposers were Robert Arbuthnot (Ceylon) Robert Arbuthnot (ca.1761 – February 1809) was a British soldier turned diplomat who served between 1801 and 1806 as the Chief Secretary of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was called till 1972), which had recently been transferred from Dutch to British mili ...
, Henry Mackenzie
Henry Mackenzie FRSE (August 1745 – 14 January 1831, born and died in Edinburgh) was a Scottish lawyer, novelist and writer sometimes seen as the Addison of the North. While remembered mostly as an author, his main income came from legal role ...
, and Andrew Dalzell
Andrew Dalzell (sometimes shown as Andrew Dalzel or Andrew Dalziel) FRSE (1742–1806) was a Scottish scholar and prominent figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Life
He was b ...
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He died in Midmar on 17 November 1813, the day before his 80th birthday.
Poems
*''The Day of Judgement'' (1753) *''Ode to Sleep'' (1758) *''Ode to Time'' (1759) *''Ode to Evening'' (1762) *''Ode to Innocence'' (1762) *''Providence'' (1764) *''Solitude: or the Elysium of ther Poets'' (1765) *''Paradise'' (1769) *''Rona'' (1777) *''Fane of the Druids'' (1784) *''Britannia'' (1801)Hymns
*''Lo, in the of Days, Behold'' (1781) *'' Paraphrase 62''References
1733 births 1813 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Writers from Aberdeen Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland 18th-century Scottish poets {{UK-poet-stub