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James Dick was born in 1743 in Forres, Aberdeenshire. He left Scotland at an early age and emigrated to America. While in America he amassed a considerable fortune in his mercantile business with trade from America to the West Indies. He died in 1828 and his will made provision for the Dick Bequest. The terms of the bequest provided for a sum of money to be granted to parish schoolteachers in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Banff after qualifying. |