Crosbie, Andrew

Crosbie, Andrew
Biography


Andrew Crosbie of Holm FRSE FSA(Scot), Scottish lawyer and antiquary. Educated at Dumfries Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, admitted to the Faculty of Advocates on 6 August 1757. Crosbie was a discriminating book collector and a founder and first fellow of the Society of Antiquaries at Edinburgh. His drinking led to an early  decline, yet he was elected vice-dean of the Faculty of Advocates on 24 December 1784,  two months before his death.

Biography Date
1736-1785
Biography References
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Book List

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