John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a
Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of ''
The Contemporary Review
''The Contemporary Review'' is a British biannual, formerly quarterly, magazine. It has an uncertain future as of 2013.
History
The magazine was established in 1866 by Alexander Strahan and a group of intellectuals anxious to promote intellig ...
'', and contributor to ''
The British Quarterly Review
The ''British Quarterly Review'' was a periodical published between 1845 and 1886. It was founded by Robert Vaughan, out of dissatisfaction with the editorial line of the '' Eclectic Review'' under Edward Miall.
Editors
*Robert Vaughan for its f ...
'', he became famous for his 1895 biography of
Adam Smith, ''Life of Adam Smith'', which replaced the ''Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith'' of 1811, by
Dugald Stewart
Dugald Stewart (; 22 November 175311 June 1828) was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician. Today regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment, he was renowned as a populariser of the work of Francis Hut ...
, as the standard Smith reference.
Bibliography
*''Contemporary Socialism'' (1884; and new editions 1891, 1901, 1908)
* '
The Eight Hours Day in Victoria' (1891), in:
''The Economic Journal'' (''EJ''), Vol. 1, pp. 15–42 (in
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*''Eight Hours for Work'' (1894)
*''Life of Adam Smith'' (1895)
Notes
References
* ''Rae: a journalist out of his depth'', by Aaron B. Fuller, ''The American Journal of Economics and Sociology'', November 2003
External links
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1845 births
1915 deaths
Scottish biographers
Scottish magazine editors
Scottish journalists
Place of birth missing
Scottish political journalists
19th-century Scottish people
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