Biography:James Hoseason
James Hoseason
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| Given name: | James |
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| Family name: | Hoseason |
| Place of birth: | Yell, Shetland |
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| Year of birth: | 1805 |
| Year of death: | 1867 |
| Profile: | Collector |
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Biographical notes
ames Hoseason (1805-1867), born at East Yell, Shetland, one of eight siblings. His father and one of his brothers was named Hosea Hoseason. The ms. contains a couple of pages of music notation, copies of which can be found in The Irvine Papers [1862-3] (Shetland Isles Library and Museum, Lerwick). A copy is in Appendix 7 of Peter Cooke's "The Shetland Isles" ms. at the Edinburgh Research Archive.