Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Colquhoun, John (1748-1827)
COLQUHOUN, JOHN, D.D. (1748–1827), theological writer, born at Luss in Dumbartonshire in January 1748, was originally a shepherd and weaver, but, having acquired the rudiments of knowledge at a village school, studied at Glasgow for the Scottish ministry, and was licensed in August 1780 and received a charge in South Leith in March 1781. He died on 27 Nov. 1827 at South Leith. He published 'A Treatise on Spiritual Comfort,' 1813; also 'The Covenant of Grace,' 1818.
[Irving's Book of Scotsmen; Allibone's Dict. of English Literature.]