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David Purdie

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Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

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David Purdie is a Professor Emeritus of Hull University and is an Hon. Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities of the University of Edinburgh, where his field is the history and philosophy of the 18th century. He was educated at Ayr Academy and Glasgow University.

Purdie is Editor-in-Chief of The Burns Encyclopedia, which covers the life and work of the poet Robert Burns, and editor of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe and The Heart of Midlothian, both adapted for the modern reader. He is a former Chairman of the Sir Walter Scott Club. In non-academic mode, he is the co-author of The Ancyent & Healthfulle Exercyse, a history of golf, and of The Dean’s Diaries, an exposé of the goings-on at the (fictional) St Andrew’s College ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 56 ratings · 12 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott, David Purdie 3.77 avg rating — 99,042 ratings — published 1819 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trains And Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author), David Purdie (Reading) 3.61 avg rating — 6,891 ratings — published 2012 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe by David Purdie (Adapted By), Walter Scott 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dean's Diaries really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia by Maurice Lindsay, David Purdie, Kirsteen McCue 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian: Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader by David Purdie by David Purdie (Adapter), Walter Scott really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thring's Practical Legislation: The Composition and Language of Acts of Parliament and Business Documents by Henry Thring, Madeline MacKenzie (Editor), David Purdie (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Day My Prince Will .com Workbook - for singles looking for their Soul Mate by David Purdie, Dianne Purdie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Hume on God by David Purdie, Peter Fosl (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: v. 11 by Tim Hillard (Editor), David Purdie (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars