Thomas Hill Jamieson (1843–1876) was a Scottish librarian.

Biography

Jamieson, born in August 1843 at Bonnington, near

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland, council area of Angus, Scotland, Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast, some east-northeast of ...

, in Scotland, was educated at the burgh and parochial school of that town, and afterwards (1862) at

Edinburgh High School The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh is a co-educational school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. The school was founded in 1128 and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. It serves around 1,400 pupils drawn from four feeder pr ...

and University. While still at college he acted as a sub-editor of ''Chambers's Etymological Dictionary,'' and subsequently became assistant to

Samuel Halkett Samuel Halkett (21 June 1814 – 20 April 1871) was a Scottish librarian, now known for his work on anonymous publications. Life He was born in 1814 in the North Back of the Canongate, Edinburgh, where his father was in business as a brewer. H ...

, librarian of the

Advocates' Library The Advocates Library, founded in 1682, is the law library of the Faculty of Advocates, in Edinburgh. It served as the national deposit library of Scotland until 1925, at which time through an act of Parliament, the National Library of Scotland ...

. In June 1871, on Halkett's death, Jamieson was appointed keeper of the library, and the work of printing the catalogue passed into his care. In 1872 he wrote a prefatory notice for an edition of Archie Armstrong's ''Banquet of Jests,'' and in 1874 edited a reprint of Barclay's translation of Brandt's ''Ship of Fools,'' to which he prefixed a notice of

Sebastian Brandt Sebastian Brant (also Brandt; 1457/1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire ''Das Narrenschiff'' (''The Ship of Fools''). Early life and education Brant was born in either 1457 or 1458 in Strasbou ...

and his writings. In 1874 he also privately printed a ''Notice of the Life and Writings of

Alexander Barclay Dr Alexander Barclay ( – 10 June 1552) was a poet and clergyman of the Church of England, probably born in Scotland. Biography Barclay was born in about 1476. His place of birth is a matter of dispute, but William Bulleyn, who was a ...

.'' The fire which occurred in the Advocates' Library in the summer of 1875 roused him to exertions beyond his strength, and he died at 7 Gillespie Crescent,

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

, on 9 January 1876, aged only 32. He married, on 11 June 1872, Jane Alison Kilgour, by whom he left two children.

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