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References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Espinasse, Francis (1885). "Beatson, Robert". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 21–22.
- Endnotes
- Beatson's writings
- Gentlemen's Magazine for April 1818; "Obituary. Robert Beatson, LL.D., F.R.S. Edinb". Gentleman's Magazine. 88, part 1: 376. April 1818.
- Annual Biography and Obituary for 1819
- Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland, 1816. Beatson, Robert, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. Edin., page 18
