James Anderson
James Anderson was born on August 5, 1662. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About James Anderson
James Anderson (5 August 1662 – 3 April 1728), Scottish antiquary and historian, was born in Edinburgh. His father was Patrick Anderson of Walston, a church minister, who was for some time imprisoned on the Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth in Haddingtonshire.