Macdonald, Alexander, 1791?-1850
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Name (Latin)
Macdonald, Alexander, 1791?-1850
Date of birth
1791
Date of death
1850-12-23
Place of death
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Place of residence/headquarters
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Associate group
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Occupation
Antiquarians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Index and abridgment of retours, 1303-1622, from the collection of Alexander Macdonald ..., 1900
- OCLC, 26 Jan. 2010(hdg.: Macdonald, Alexander, 1791?-1850)
- "Alexander Macdonald (1791?-1850) was a Scottish antiquary. In early life, Macdonald was employed in the Register House, Edinburgh, where he assisted Thomas Thomson in the preparation of the Acts of the Scottish Parliament and other works. In 1824 he was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and in 1837 joint curator of the society's museum. In 1836 he was appointed principal keeper of the register of deeds and probate writs. He died at Edinburgh on 23 December 1850, aged about 59. He had supplied material for Sir Walter Scott's notes to the Waverley Novels" ( (Wikipedia, viewed 15.03.2010) )
Wikipedia description:
Alexander Macdonald (c. 1791 – 1850) was a Scottish antiquary.
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