he shows himself at his best. His sacred poems, which had appeared in the Opera (1642), were reprinted by Lauder in his Poetarum Scotorum musae sacrae (1739). The earliest lives are by Lauder and Benson (in Psalmi Davidici, 1741). Ruddiman's Vindication of Mr George Buchanan's Paraphrase (1745) began a pamphlet controversy regarding the merits of the rival poets. Family His niece Isobel Johnston married Peter Blackburn, Bishop of Aberdeen. References Robert Crawford (ed.), Apollos of the North: Selected Poems of George Buchanan & Arthur Johnston Musa Latina Aberdonensis, Arthur Johnston, vol.2, edited by sir William Duguid Geddes, Aberdeen : The New Spasding Club, 1845 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Boulliot, Biographie ardennaise ou Histoire des Ardennais qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs vertus et leurs erreurs (2 book), Paris, 1830, book 2, pp. 60–68 See also Scottish literature Scottish Royalty 1579 births 1641 deaths People from Inverurie Scottish poets New Latin-language poets Rectors of the University of Aberdeen 17th-century Scottish medical doctors Alumni of the University of Aberdeen University of Padua alumni 17th-century Latin-language writers Medical doctors from the Kingdom of Scotland Poets from the Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Scotland expatriates in France Expatriates of the Kingdom of Scotland in Principality of Sedan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Scotland in the Republic of Venice