10 Facts About David Masson

1.

David Mather Masson LLD DLitt, was a Scottish academic, supporter of women's suffrage, literary critic and historian.

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2.

David Masson was born in Aberdeen, the son of William Masson, a stone-cutter, and his wife Sarah Mather.

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3.

David Masson was a secretary of the Society of the Friends of Italy .

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4.

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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5.

David Masson supported his wife Emily Rosaline Orme and two of their daughters in the women's suffrage movement, speaking at events in Edinburgh and London.

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6.

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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7.

Bust of David Masson was presented to the senate of the University of Edinburgh in 1897.

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8.

David Masson died in Edinburgh and is buried in the north-west section of Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh next to the main north path.

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9.

David Masson married Emily Rosaline Orme in London on 17 August 1854.

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10.

David Masson's grandsons include the chemist John Masson Gulland FRSE and James I O Masson.

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