James Tytler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Tytler

Scottish encyclopedist

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1745

Place of Birth: Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1804

Profession: writer, pharmacist, surgeon, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Tytler (17 December 1745 – 11 January 1804) was a Scottish apothecary and the editor of the second edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
Tytler became the first person in Britain to fly by ascending in a hot air balloon (1784). A group of historiographers wrote about him: A social outcast, Tytler did much hack work for low pay and rarely if ever emerged from poverty.
But ...
he deserves to be remembered as a man of many talents - as a political and religious controversialist, scholar, journalist, poet, song writer, musician, balloonist, pharmacist, surgeon and printer.
In addition ...
he was an outstanding encyclopedist whose editorship of the second edition earns him a notable place in the history of encyclopedias.