James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
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1702 – 1768
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Who was James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton?
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT PRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became President of the Royal Society, and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge in 1722. In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
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