Alexander fraser tytler biography of albert

18th/19th-century Scottish judge and historian

Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord WoodhouseleeFRSE (15 October &#;&#; 5 January ) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian who was a Professor of Universal History and of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh.^[1]

Life

Tytler was born in the Old Town of Edinburgh, the eldest son of Ann Craig of Costerton (–) and her husband William Tytler of Woodhouselee (author of Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots).^[2] He was educated at Edinburgh High School and Kensington Academy in London (/64),^[3] and then studied law at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying as an advocate in ^[2]

In he made a tour of France with his cousin, James Ker of Blackshiels.^[4]

In he was living and working with his father, also an advocate, at Campbells Close on the Royal Mile.^[5]

In he was appointed