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John Hume of Ninewells - Brother of David Hume

Biography


Birth: bef. 1711
Death: n/a

Son of Joseph Hume of Ninewells (1680-1713) and Catherine Falconer (b. 1683). Brother of David Hume. Married (1751) to Agnes Carre, which whom he had at least two children, David Hume (1757-1838), and Katharine Hume.

Also known as

  • John Hume of Ninewells
  • John Home

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Hume at Kames on October 20, 1762, describing him as "a sensible good man, who reads more than usual. He has an anxiety of temper which hurts him. Very different from his brother."

Mentioned in

John Hume is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762

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On his Grand Tour of Europe in 1764-1765, Boswell visited and befriended the famous philosophers Jean-Jacques Rosseau and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and back in Edinburgh he was a personal friend of David Hume.

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