• Name: Macpherson, James
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 27  October  1736
• Death Date: 17  February  1796
• Occupation: writer

Macpherson was a Scottish writer best known for his Ossianic writings such as Fingal (1762) and Temora (1763). He was a friend of Adam Ferguson and John Home.

Godwin records his death.

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