SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (18091892)
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SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (18091892) , Scottish historian and antiquary, was the second son of Sir Walter Scott's friend, James Skene (17751864), of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, and was born on the 7th of June 1809. He was educated at Edinburgh High School, in Germany and at the university of St Andrews, taking an especial interest in the study of Celtic philology and literature. In 1832 he became a writer to the signet, and shortly afterwards obtained an official appointment in the bill department of the Court of Session, which he held until '865. His early interest in the history and antiquities of the Scottish Highlands bore its first fruit in 1837, when he published The Highlanders of Scotland See Also: - SCOTLAND
- SCOTLAND,
CHURCH See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF - SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF , their Origin, History and Antiquities_ His chief work ,however, is his Celtic Scotland , a History of Ancient Alban (3 vols., Edinburgh, '876188o), perhaps the most important contribution to Scottish history written during the 19th century. In 1879 he was made a D.C.L. of Oxford See Also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, and in 188' historiographer royal for Scotland. He died in Edinburgh on the 29th of August 1892.
The most important of Skene's other works are: editions of John of Fordun 's Chronica geniis Scotorum (Edinburgh, 18711872); of the Four Ancient Books of Wales (Edinburgh, 1868) ; of the Chronicles o the Picts and Scots (Edinburgh, '867) ; and of Adamuan's Vita S. olumbae (Edinburgh, 1874) ; an Essay on the Coronation Stone of Scone (Edinburgh, '869); and Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene (Aberdeen, 1887).
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