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Skene, William Forbes

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Skene, William Forbes (1809–1892)

Scottish historian. He wrote The Highlanders of Scotland: Their Origin, History and Antiquities 1837 and the classic study Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban 1876–80, and was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland 1881.

He was born in Inverie, Inverness-shire, and studied in Frankfurt, Germany, and at St Andrews University. His chief work as an editor is The Chronicles of the Picts and Scots 1867.



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