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Minto, William, 1845-1893

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William Minto (October 10, 1845 - March 1, 1893), Scottish man of letters, was born at Auchintoul, Aberdeenshire.

He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, and spent a year at Merton College, Oxford. He was assistant professor under Alexander Bain at Aberdeen for some years; from 1874 to 1878 he edited the Examiner, and in 1880 he was made full professor of logic and English at Aberdeen. In 1872 he published a Manual of English Prose Literature, which was distinguished by sound judgment and sympathetic appreciation; and his Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley (1874) showed the same high qualities. His other works include:

  • The Literature of the Georgian Era (1894) edited with a biographical introduction by W Knight
  • Logic: Inductive and Deductive (1893)
  • a monograph on Defoe in the English Men of Letters series (1879)
  • three novels of small importance
  • numerous articles on literary subjects in the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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