Author:John Scott Keltie

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Sir John Scott Keltie (1840–1927)

Scottish geographer, best known for his work with the Royal Geographic Society; Secretary, and later President, of the Royal Geographical Society. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. S. K." This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "J. S. K."

Works

Editor of the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society Editor of the Geographical and Statistical section of the Encyclopedia Britannica, tenth edition

• (ed.) The works of the British dramatists. Carefully selected from the best editions, with copious notes, biographies, and a historical introduction (1873) [1]
• History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments, with an account of the Gaelic language, literature, and music (1875) v.4 v.5, re-write of James Browne's work.
• The Partition of Africa (1895) [2]
• A Naturalist in the Guianas (1904) [3]
• Africa ([c1910]) [4]
• (ed.) The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year
  • 1899 (1899)
  • 1921 (1921) [5]
• “Abbadie, Antoine Thomson D' and Arnaud Michel D'” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Africa” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (History)
• “Congo Free State” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Finland” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Flinders, Matthew” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Livingstone, David” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “National Debt” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Allen, William (1793-1864),” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works about Keltie

• Knighthood: John Scott Keltie
• Obituary: Sir John Keltie, a pioneer of modern geography
• “Keltie, Sir John Scott,” Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.), 1922.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1927, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.