Author: John Grant Michie
Author: John Grant Michie (1830–1904)
Biography: John Grant Michie was born on 22 January 1830 in Glenmuick, the son of farmer James Michie. He attended Marischal College and earned an M.A. He worked as a schoolmaster in Logie Coldstone for many years before becoming a minister in Dinnet. He never married and died there on 21 January 1904. He was a noted local historian and his oft-reprinted Deeside Tales (1872) contains some fiction.
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References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1901); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Deeside Tales: or, Sketches of Men and Manners among the Peasantry of Upper Deeside Since 1745. 1 vol. Aberdeen: John Adam, 1872.