MacQueen, James, 1778-1870
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McQueen, James, 1778-1870
M'Queen, James, 1778-1870
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found: The war: Who's to blame? or, The Eastern question investigated from the official documents, 1854:title page (by James MacQueen)
found: Peel, R. Speech of Sir Robert Peel ... on the Corn laws, 1839:title page (James M'Queen, Esq.)
found: MdU/G-K files(hdgs.: McQueen, James, 1778-1870; MacQueen, James, 1778-1870; usage: James MacQueen)
found: English Wikipedia, viewed July 12, 2022(James Macqueen; also spelled MacQueen; born 1778 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died 1870 in Kensington, London; Scottish geographer, statistician, political campaigner, pro-slavery activist, banker and businessman, noted for founding the Colonial Bank and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; he was an expert on African geography and advocated the colonisation of that continent decades before the so-called "Scramble for Africa"; he was co-owner and editor of the Glasgow Courier; while residing in London, he wrote on politics, geography, economics, and general literature)
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1980-08-25: new
2022-07-13: revised
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