William Guthrie (1708 – 1770) Guthrie was a Scottish historian, journalist and writer. Born in Brechin, Scotland, he studied at Aberdeen University and assumed he would become a teacher. He moved to London in 1730 and covered parliamentary debates for the Gentleman’s Magazine and soon established himself as a respected political writer. He wrote a number of histories including a History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to 1688 in four volumes. He also translated Cicero but is best known for, his Geography titled A Geographical Historical and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World. This geography became one of the most important and widely read geography texts at the time.
