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Andrew Crosbie of Holm FRSE FSA(Scot) (1736-1785) was a Scottish lawyer, and a notable figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Born in Dumfries, the son of Andrew Crosbie of Holm, the provost of the burgh, the younger Crosbie was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. Admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1757, he was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty in 1784.〔 A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society upon it gaining a royal warrant in 1783, he automatically became a founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. An office-bearer ('Assassin') of The Poker Club, and a friend of Boswell and Johnson, Crosbie was the basis of the character Councillor Pleydell in Sir Walter Scotts's novel ''Guy Mannering''. He died in distressed circumstances on 25 February 1785, and was interred at Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Crosbie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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