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He was born in 1735 in Laurencekirk, Kincardine, United Kingdom. His father, a small farmer and shopkeeper, died w'hen he was very young.
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He was born in 1735 in Laurencekirk, Kincardine, United Kingdom. His father, a small farmer and shopkeeper, died w'hen he was very young.
His elder brother sent him to Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he gained a bursary.
In 1753 he was appointed schoolmaster of Fordoun in his native county.
Here he became closely acquainted with Dr Thomas Reid, Dr George Campbell, Dr Alexander Gerard and others, who formed a kind of literary or philosophic society known as the "Wise Club. "
They met once a fortnight to discuss speculative questions, David Hume's philosophy being an especial object of criticism.
In 1761 Beattie published a small volume of Original Poems and Translations, which contained little work of any value.
It was in fact a direct attack on Hume, and part of its great popularity was due to the fact.
In 1771 and 1774 he published the first and second parts of The Minstrel, a poem which met with great and immediate success.
The Spenserian stanza in which it is written is managed with smoothness and skill, and there are many fine descriptions of natural scenery.
It is entirely on his poetry that Beattie's reputation rests.
The best known of his minor poems are "The Hermit" and "Retirement. " In 1773 he was offered the chair of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University, but did not accept it.
Beattie's other poetical works include The Judgment of Paris (1765), and "Verses on the death of Churchill, " a bitter attack which the poet afterwards suppressed.
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Beattie was co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
Beattie made many friends, and lost none.
Beattie was unfortunate in his domestic life.
He had married Mary Dunn in 1767.