M'Crie, Thomas, a Scotch seceder, born in Dunse; was minister in Edinburgh; author of the “Life of John Knox,” published in 1812; defended the Covenanters against Scott; he was a man of dignified military presence (1772‒1835).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
M'Clure * M'Culloch, Horatio