Robert Kirk

Robert Kirk (1644–1692) was the seventh son of James Kirk, Minister of Aberfoyle. He studied at Edinburgh and St. Andrews, became Minister of Balquhidder in 1644, and succeeded his father at Aberfoyle in 1685. Kirk published the first Gaelic translation of the Psalms and oversaw the preparation of the first romanized version of the Gaelic Bible. The Secret Commonwealth was left in manuscript at the time of his death.

The Secret Commonwealth By Robert Kirk Introduction by Marina Warner The legendary chronicle of the supernatural that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Walter Scott. Category: Current Affairs and Politics, History Publisher: NYRB Classics