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Robert Leighton, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1870), edited by Robert Chambers.
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Born 1611 • near London • England
Died June 25, 1684 (aged 73) • London • England

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Robert Leighton, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen (1870), edited by Robert Chambers.
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Scottish philosopher
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David Hume
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