The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
James Wallace (1642 - 1688)
Scottish minister and topographical writer. His A Description of the Isles of Orkney (1693) was published posthumously from manuscript by his son (also named James) who dedicated the work to Sir Robert Sibbald and included Sibbald's 'An Essay Concerning the Thule of the Ancients' (ODNB). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/28534 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wallace_(minister) Relevant locations: Lived at or near Kirkwell, Orkney IslandsRelationships: James Wallace was a father of James Wallace (1684-fl. 1724)
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - A Description of the Isles of Orkney.
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