James Anderson of Hermiston - Early Years

Early Years

Anderson was born at Long Hermiston, Midlothian, and educated at Ratho School and Edinburgh University. At the age of fifteen, after the death of his parents, he took over the working of the farm, which his family had occupied for several generations.

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