Robert Pitcairn (antiquary)

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Robert Pitcairn (1793–1855) was a Scottish antiquary and scholar who contributed to works published by Walter Scott and the Bannatyne Club.[1] He was the author of Criminal Trials and other Proceedings before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland (1829-1833).[2] He was head of the Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company and secretary of the Calvin Translating Society[3] Pitcairn was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,[4] and a Writer to His Majesty’s Signet,[5] and a member of the Maitland Club.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford Biography Index Number 101022318 Pitcairn, Robert (1793–1855) Primary authority: Oxford DNB
  2. ↑ John Gibson Lockhart: Robert Pitcairn (1793-1855) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
  3. ↑ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/pitcairn.htm
  4. ↑ "... By ROBERT PITCAIRN, Esq., F.S.A. Scot."
  5. ↑ History-of-Fife-Pitcairns
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