HECTOR C MACPHERSONHector Carsewell Macpherson FRSE was a Scottish author and journalist who lived from October 16, 1851, to October 17, 1924. He wrote many books, pamphlets, and pieces about religion, history, biography, politics, and other topics. He was born on Octoer 16, 1851, in Glasgow. As a child, he lived with his grandparents in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. When he was fourteen, he quit school and moved in with his dad in Glasgow. When he went back to live with his grandparents, he didn't stay there. Instead, he got work at the Dalmonach Print Works office in Alexandria. He started a strict program of self-education between the ages of 18 and 21. He used the library of the Vale of Leven Mechanics' Institute in Alexandria to do this. He started by reading Thomas Carlyle and then moved on to Mill, Spencer, Arnold, and other great thinkers. He won a prize at this institute for writing the best article. The title of it was "The Natural Business Relations Between Employer and Employed."Back in 1876, he had a bunch of anonymous stories about local clergy published in the Dumbarton Herald, a local newspaper. Read More Read Less