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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
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Ure (David), 6 b . 1798 
This writer, who principally devoted his attention to 
geology, was the son of a Glasgow weaver, and he commenced 
life at that trade in consequence of his father having died 
while he was still young ; but, being resolved to enter the 
ministry, he obtained an education at the city Grammar 
School, and afterwards at the University of Glasgow, where 
he graduated M.A. in 1776. In 1783 he was licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Glasgow, and afterwards became 
assistant to David Connell, minister of East Kilbride in 
Lanarkshire. On the death of Connell he came under the 
notice of Sir John Sinclair, who employed him on his Statisti- 
cal Account of Scotland. In 1795 he was presented to the 
parish of Uphall in Linlithgowshire, where he died March 28, 
1798. 
The birds in his work are very scantily dealt with, more 
attention being paid to the botany and mineralogy. 
1793. The | History | of | Rutherglen | and | East-Kilbride. | Published 
with a view to promote the study | of antiquity and natural 
history. | Illustrated with plates. | By | David Ure, A.M. | 
Preacher of the Gospel. | Corresp. Memb. of the Nat. Hist. Soc. 
Edinb. | [Quot.] | Glasgow : | Printed by David Niven; | 1793. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi + 1 1. contents +pp. 334 + 11 11. 
subscriber’s names, with 20 pi. 
Birds at pp. 230-31. 
1795. [Birds of] Killearn Par., Stirlingshire. [In Sir John Sinclair’s 
Statist. Account of Scotland, xvi. p. 109.] 8vo. Edinb. : 1795. 
Ussher (Pichard John), 1841-1913 
The late Mr. Ussher, of Cappagh House, Co. Waterford, 
one of the most eminent of Irish ornithologists, was born in 
April 1841, and at the age of twelve was sent to school at 
Portarlington, and subsequently to Chester. Afterwards, 
being delicate, he was educated by a tutor. He entered 
Trinity College, Dublin, as a non-resident, but, owing to ill- 
health, never took his degree, but passed successive winters 
travelling with his mother and a tutor in Spain, Italy, 
Corfu, etc. 
