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See also:SKENE, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:FORBES (1809–1892) , Scottish historian and See also:antiquary, was the second son of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's friend, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Skene (1775–1864), of Rubislaw, near See also:Aberdeen, and was See also:born on the 7th of See also:June 1809. He was educated at See also:Edinburgh High School, in See also:Germany and at the university of St See also:Andrews, taking an especial See also:interest in the study of See also:Celtic See also:philology and literature. In 1832 he became a writer to the signet, and shortly afterwards obtained an See also:official See also:appointment in the See also:bill See also:department of the See also:Court of Session, which he held until '865. His See also:early interest in the See also:history and antiquities of the Scottish See also:Highlands See also:bore its first See also:fruit in 1837, when he published The Highlanders of See also:Scotland, their Origin, History and Antiquities_ His See also:chief See also:work,however, is his Celtic Scotland, a History of See also:Ancient See also:Alban (3 vols., Edinburgh, '876–188o), perhaps the most important contribution to Scottish history written during the 19th See also:century. In 1879 he was made a D.C.L. of 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
Oxford, and in 188' historiographer royal for Scotland. He died in Edinburgh on the 29th of See also:August 1892.
The most important of Skene's other See also:works are: See also:editions of See also:John of See also:Fordun's Chronica geniis Scotorum (Edinburgh, 1871–1872); of the Four Ancient Books of See also:Wales (Edinburgh, 1868) ; of the See also:Chronicles o the Picts and Scots (Edinburgh, '867) ; and of Adamuan's Vita S. olumbae (Edinburgh, 1874) ; an See also:Essay on the See also:Coronation See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone of See also:Scone (Edinburgh, '869); and Memorials of the See also:Family of Skene of Skene (Aberdeen, 1887).
End of Article: SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (1809–1892)
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