Currie, James, a Liverpool physician, born in Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfriesshire; was the earliest biographer and editor of Burns, in 4 vols., a work he undertook for behoof of his widow and family, and which realised £1400, involved no small labour, was done con amore, and done well (1756‒1805).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Curran, John Philpot * Currie, Sir Philip