Rev John Sutherland Black
FRSE LLD (1846–1923) was a Scottish biblical scholar and contributor to the ''
Encyclopædia Britannica
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'' and ''
Dictionary of National Biography''. He was a noted literary editor and amateur
astronomer
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. In encyclopedic references, Black is usually just shown as J.S.B.
Life
Black was born in
Dunnikier near
Kirkcaldy in Fife on 4 July 1846. He was the son of Rev James Black, the local minister of the
Secession Church. Black attended the
Burgh School in
Kirkcaldy. He then attended the
University of Edinburgh
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graduating with an MA and then an LLD.
From 1878 to 1889 Black was Assistant Editor for
Encyclopædia Britannica
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(9th Edition). From 1894 to 1903 he was joint editor of the
Encyclopedia Biblica
''Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religion History, the Archeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible'' (1899), edited by Thomas Kelly Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black, is a critical encyclopedi ...
. 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
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on 22 February 1923.
Works
* ''Sketches from Eastern History'', by
Theodor Nöldeke
Theodor Nöldeke (; born 2 March 1836 – 25 December 1930) was a German orientalist and scholar. His research interests ranged over Old Testament studies, Semitic languages and Arabic, Persian and Syriac literature. Nöldeke translated several ...
(1892)
ranslated by Sutherland*''Dante illustrations and notes'' (1890) illustrated by
Phoebe Anna Traquair
Phoebe Anna Traquair (; 24 May 1852 – 4 August 1936) was an Irish-born artist, who achieved international recognition for her role in the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland, as an illustrator, painter and embroiderer. Her works included lar ...
*''The Life of William Robertson Smith'' (1906), with
George William Chrystal
Memberships
*Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
*Member of the
Edinburgh Astronomical Institution.
References
External links
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1846 births
1923 deaths
British literary editors
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh