Author:William Forbes Skene

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William Forbes Skene (1809–1892)

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Scottish historian and antiquary

William Forbes Skene

Genealogy

• The Highlanders of Scotland: their origin, history, and antiquities: with a sketch of their manners and customs, and an account of the clans into which they were divided, and of the state of society which existed among them, 1837 vol 1. vol 2
• Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis, 1847 external source
• Tracts by Dr. Gilbert Skeyne, Medicinar to His Majesty James I., King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1860 external source
• The Dean of Lismore's book: a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry, 1862 external source
• Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history (1867) (transcription project) external source
• The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century, 1868 vol 1, vol 2
• The Coronation Stone, 1869 short work external source
• John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation, 1872 external source
• Celtic Scotland: a history of ancient Alban, 1876 vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
• Memorials of the family of Skene of Skene, 1887 external source
• East Neuk Chronicles, 1905 external source

Translations

• Peniarth MS 54 in Welsh Triads (1868)
• The Lord's Supper and the Passover Ritual by Gustav Bickell, 1891 external source

Works about Skene

• "Skene, William Forbes," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Skene, William Forbes," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Skene, William Forbes," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)