. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. tained thediploma of from the university of was soon after engaged by the duchess of Ar-pyle as medical attendant to her son, the duke of Hamilton, who was in a delicate state of health ;and whom he accompanied to the continent,where he spent five years in travelling with hisgrace. On their return in 1778, Dr. Moore re-moved his family from Glasgow to London, andin 1779 he published A View of Society andManners in France, Switzerland, and Germany,in 2 vols
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. tained thediploma of from the university of was soon after engaged by the duchess of Ar-pyle as medical attendant to her son, the duke of Hamilton, who was in a delicate state of health ;and whom he accompanied to the continent,where he spent five years in travelling with hisgrace. On their return in 1778, Dr. Moore re-moved his family from Glasgow to London, andin 1779 he published A View of Society andManners in France, Switzerland, and Germany,in 2 vols. 8vo. In 1781 appeared A View ofSociety and Manners in Italy, 2 vols. 8vo. In1786 he published his Medical Sketches ; and in1789, a novel, entitled Zeluco. In the summer of 1792 he paid a short visit toParis, as medical attendant of the earl of Lauder-dale, and having witnessed some of the principalscenes of the French Revolution, on his returnhe published A Journal during a residence inFrance, 1792. Dr. Moore edited a collected edi-tion of Smolletts Works. He died at London,Feb. 20, 1802. His portrait is subjoined :. He had two sisters, one married to the Rev. Porteous, one of the ministers of Glasgow,and the other to George Macintosh, Esq. of Duu-hatton. The eldest son of the latter, Charles Mac-intosh, , celebrated for his chemical discov-eries, was the inventor of the gentlemans covering MOORE, 196 SIR JOHN. called a macintosh, and othei gutta percha arti-cles (see vol. ii. p. 752.) Dr. Moores works are: A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland,and Germany. Lond. 1779, 2 vols. 8vo. Several editions, andtranslated into the French, German, and Italian languages. A View of Society and Manners in Italy. London, 1781,2 vols. 8vo. Medical Sketches, in two Parts. London, 1786, 8vo. Zeluco, a Novel. London, 1789, 2 vols. 8vo. A Journal during a Residence in France, from the begin-ning of August to the middle of December, 1792. London,1792, 2 vols. 8vo. A V
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