Fergusson, James, a writer on the history and art of architecture, born at Ayr; went to India as an indigo-planter, but afterwards gave himself up to the study of the rock-temples; published various works, and in his later years interested himself in the fortifications of the United Kingdom; his “History of Architecture,” in 4 vols., is a standard work (1808‒1886).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ferguson, Robert * Fergusson, Robert