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Kay's portraits 286 -289

In 1787 he co-authored a book on the life of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms..

In later life Erskine celebrated his connection with Maclaurin by making a copy of the portrait of the latter by James Ferguson.

In DNB Dictionary of National Biography 1911 vol17 pp printed 402 archived copy 415 (13 prelim pages) Mother, Agnes, d of Sir James Steuart, bart., of Colt-ness, studied under Maclaurin Founded ssa 1780. First vol of journal 1792 Published life of Napier Name Steuart Kay's portraits 286 -289 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1889). "Erskine, David Steuart" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 17. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

• "Bryce, Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64365. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

• Buchan, Earl of (1793). Account of the Parish of Uphall. Vol. 1. pp. 139–155. (Erskine writing under his formal title.) {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

• Buchanan, James. "The University of Glasgow Story". Retrieved 17 March 2021.

• Cant, Ronald G (1981). "David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan: Founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland". In Bell, Alan S (ed.). The Scottish antiquarian tradition: essays to mark the bicentenary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and its museum, 1780-1980. Edinburgh: John Donald (Berlinn) for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN 0859760804. OCLC 8419759. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

• Chambers, Robert; Thomson, Thomas, eds. (1857). Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Glasgow: Blackie and son. Scanned in 3 volumes at the National Library of Scotland. A copy is in preparation at Wikisource. Many of the biographies have retyped for the website electricscotland.com and in particular there are direct links to the entries for David Erskine and Alexander Bryce. All volumes may be downloaded as free ebooks at Google books. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

• Encyclopaedia Britannica (2020). House of Stuart. Encyclopaedia Britannica online {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

• "Erskine, David Steuart, eleventh earl of Buchan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8852. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Erskine, David Stewart; Minto, Walter (1787). An account of the life, writings, and inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston. Perth, Scotland: R Morison jnr. Scanned version at Hathi trust {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

• Lamb, James Gordon (1963). David Steuart Erskine, 11th. Earl of Buchan : a study of his life and correspondence (PhD thesis). University of St Andrews.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1885–1900). Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. David Steuart Erskine. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

• Primrose, James (1898). Strathbrock or the history and antiquities of the parish of Uphall. Andre Eliot (Edinburgh) or Bryce & Murray (Glasgow).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)