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James Paterson (1805–1876) was a Scottish journalist on numerous newspapers, writer and antiquary. His works are popular history, rather than scholarly. ==Life== He was the son of James Paterson, farmer at Struthers, Ayrshire, where he was born on 18 May 1805; his father then had money troubles and gave up his farm. Paterson received an education, and then was apprenticed to a printer at the office of the Kilmarnock ''Mirror''. Subsequently he was transferred to the ''Courier'' office in Ayr. On completing his apprenticeship, Paterson went to Glasgow, where he joined the ''Scots Times''. In 1826 he returned to Kilmarnock, took a shop as stationer and printer, and in partnership with other gentlemen started the Kilmarnock ''Chronicle''. Its first number appeared on 4 May 1831, during the agitation for the Great Reform Bill, and the paper closed in May 1832.〔 In 1835 Paterson left Kilmarnock for Dublin, where for some time he acted as correspondent of the Glasgow ''Liberator''. He went to Edinburgh, and ultimately found employment at a small salary in writing the letterpress for John Kay's ''Edinburgh Portraits'', 1837–9, most of the biographies being his work. Failing to find further employment in Edinburgh, he accepted in 1839 the editorship of the Ayr ''Observer''; but his prospects there were not good, and he returned to Edinburgh, where he supported himself by writing.〔 About 1871 Paterson was attacked by paralysis, and he died on 6 May 1876.〔 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「James Paterson (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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