MACDONALD, GEORGE

MACDONALD, GEORGE
   novelist, born in Huntly; trained for the ministry, but devoted himself to literature; is the author, among other works, of "Robert Falconer," "David Elginbrod," and "Alec Forbes"; his interests are religious, and his views liberal, particularly on religious matters; b., 1824.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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