David Mather Masson LLD DLitt, was a Scottish academic, supporter of women's suffrage, literary critic and historian.
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David Mather Masson LLD DLitt, was a Scottish academic, supporter of women's suffrage, literary critic and historian.
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David Masson had known Thomas de Quincey, whose biography he contributed in 1878 to the "English Men of Letters" series, and he was an enthusiastic friend and admirer of Thomas Carlyle.
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When he first arrived in Edinburgh in 1865, David Masson lived in Rosebery Crescent, then he lived at 10 Regent Terrace from 1869 to 1882 before moving to Great King Street.
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Bust of David Masson was presented to the senate of the University of Edinburgh in 1897.
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David Masson's grandsons include the chemist John Masson Gulland FRSE and James I O Masson.
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