William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA(Scot) DCL LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary. He co-founded the Scottish...
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William Skene may refer to: William Forbes Skene (1809–1892), Scottish lawyer and antiquarian William Baillie Skene (1838–1911) Scottish academic and...
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the basis for Dmitri Shostakovich's 1936 opera of the same name. William Forbes Skene, Chronicles, p. 102. Aitchison, Nicholas Boyter (1999). Macbeth:...
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The Four Ancient Books of Wales is a term coined by William Forbes Skene to describe four important medieval manuscripts written in Middle Welsh and dating...
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Picts and Caledonians were red haired (rutilantia). Scholars such as William Forbes Skene noted that this description matches Tacitus' description of the Caledonians...
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history as the last Irish King to be crowned on it. However, historian William Forbes Skene commented: "It is somewhat remarkable that while the Scottish legend...
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William Forbes Skene the charter exists in the Forbes charter chest in tattered but quite legible condition. The next mention is a John Forbes, whose name...
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Statesman, Sir John Scot. William Forbes Skene, Memorials of the family of Skene of Skene (Aberdeen, 1887), p. 112. "Skene, John" . Dictionary of National...
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come from Carmarthen Priory. Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin was described by William Forbes Skene (1809–92) as one of the Four Ancient Books of Wales. Written before...
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James Skene of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen. His brothers included the writer William Forbes Skene and his sisters the writer Felicia Mary Frances Skene. He...
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