William Forbes Skene

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 legal firm Skene Edwards which was prominent throughout the 20th century but disappeared in 2008 when it merged with Morton Fraser.^[1]

Publications[edit]

The most important of Skene's other works are: editions of John of Fordun's Chronica gentis Scotorum (Edinburgh, 1871–1872); of the Four Ancient Books of Wales (Edinburgh, 1868); of the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots (Edinburgh, 1867); and of Adomnán's Vita S. Columbae (Edinburgh, 1874); an Essay on the Coronation Stone of Scone (Edinburgh, 1869); and Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene (Aberdeen, 1887), Celtic Scotland (1880) One of Skene's harshest critics was the Scottish philologist Alexander Macbain.

a mediaeval Gaelic manuscript 'discovered', transcribed and translated by Skene

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"Skene, William Forbes." British Authors of the Nineteenth Century , New York, 1936.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Skene, William Forbes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 186.

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"Skene, William Forbes", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, 1910 – via Wikisource

. Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900.

"Skene, William Forbes"

(1837), Macbain, Alexander (ed.), The Highlanders of Scotland, Stirling: Eneas Mackay (published 1902)

Skene, William Forbes

, ed. (1847), Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis, Consisting of Original Papers and Documents Relating to the History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson

Skene, William Forbes

(1862), "Introduction and Additional Notes", in M'Lauchlan, Thomas (ed.), The Dean of Lismore's Book: A Selection of Ancient Gaelic Poetry, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, pp. i–xc, 137–152

Skene, William Forbes

, ed. (1867), Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and Other Early Memorials of Scottish History, Edinburgh: Edinburgh General Register House

Skene, William Forbes

(1868), The Four Ancient Books of Wales, vol. I, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1868), The Four Ancient Books of Wales, vol. II, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1869), The Coronation Stone, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1869), The Gododdin Poems, Forgotten Books (published 2007), ISBN 1-60506-167-0

Skene, William Forbes

Skene, Felix James Henry; (1872), John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1884), The Gospel history for the young, being lessons on the life of Christ adapted for use in families and in Sunday Schools, vol. I, Edinburgh: Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1884), The Gospel history for the young, being lessons on the life of Christ adapted for use in families and in Sunday Schools, vol. II, Edinburgh: Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1884), The Gospel history for the young, being lessons on the life of Christ adapted for use in families and in Sunday Schools, vol. III, Edinburgh: Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

, ed. (1887), Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene, Aberdeen: New Spalding Club

Skene, William Forbes

(1886), Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban (History and Ethnology), vol. I (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: David Douglas, ISBN 9780836949766

Skene, William Forbes

(1887), Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban (Church and Culture), vol. II, Edinburgh: David Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1890), Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban (Land and People), vol. III (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: David Douglas

Skene, William Forbes

(1891), The Lord's Supper and The Passover Ritual; Being a Translation of the Substance of Professor Bickell's Work Termed "Messe Und Pasha.", Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, ISBN 9780524045664

Skene, William Forbes

(1902), The Highlanders of Scotland, Stirling: Eneas MacKay

Skene, William Forbes

(1905), East Neuk Chronicles, Aberdeen: "Aberdeen Journal" and "Evening Express"