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John Clerk

(Clerk, John, 1728-1812)

John Clerk of Eldin FRSE FSAScot (10 December 1728 – 10 May 1812) was a Scottish merchant, author, artist, geologist and landowner. The 7th son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bt, Clerk of Eldin was a figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, best remembered for his influential writings on naval tactics in the Age of Sail. A friend of geologist James Hutton, he was a brother-in-law of architect Robert Adam, and a great-great-uncle of physicist James Clerk Maxwell. (From Wikipedia)

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Associated author:

Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792

Books by John Clerk:

Clerk, John, 1728-1812: An Essay on Naval Tactics, Systematical and Historical, With Explanatory Plates (third edition; Edinburgh: Printed for A. Black; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827), contrib. by Lord Rodney (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by John Clerk in the extended shelves:

Clerk, John, 1728-1812: An essay on naval tactics, systematical and historical. With explanatory plates. In four parts (Printed for T. Cadell, 1790) (page images at HathiTrust)
Clerk, John, 1728-1812: An essay on naval tactics, systematical and historical. With explanatory plates. In four parts. (Printed for A. Constable; [etc., etc.], 1804) (page images at HathiTrust)

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