Early Life
He was born in Humbie (East Lothian) in 1770 and his baptism is recorded in the parish register; many sources give an incorrect date of birth. For example, the Royal Society of Edinburgh gives a date of birth of 1768, and his gravestone gave a date of birth of 1766.
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