CARLYLE

John Aitken ( 2 son of James Carlyle of Ecclefechan, Dumfrie hire, mason 1757–1832 ). b. Ecclefechan 7 July 1801; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1825; travelling physician to Counte of Clare 1831–7, to Duke of Buccleuch 1838–43; published Dante’s Divine comedy, the Inferno with the text of the original collated from the best editions and explanatory notes 1849, 3 ed. 1882; edited Irving’s History of Scottish poetry 1861; made over in 1878 to acting committee of A ociation for better endowment of Univ. of Edin. £1,600 to found 2 medical bursaries of not le than £25 each tenable for one year. d. Dumfries 15 Dec. 1879. Graphic xxiii , 160 (1881), portrait .