William Forbes Skene

William Forbes Skene
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Rubislaw (en) , 7 ga Yuni, 1809
ƙasa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mutuwa	Edinburgh, 29 ga Augusta, 1892
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	James Skene of Rubislaw
Mahaifiya	Jane Forbes
Ahali	Caroline Christian Skene (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	University of St Andrews (en) Edinburgh Academy (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	Masanin tarihi

Hoton Skene na Sir George Reid, c. 1888

William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA (Scot) DCL LLD (7 Yuni 1809 - 29 Agustan shekarar 1892), lauya ne FSA (Scotland) , masanin tarihi kuma masanin tarihi.

Ya kafa kamfanin lauya na Scotland Skene Edwards wanda ya shahara a cikin ƙarni na 20 amma ya ɓace a shekarar 2008 lokacin da ya haɗu da Morton Fraser .

Rayuwa

An haife shi a Inverey, ɗan na biyu na abokin Sir Walter Scott, James Skene (1775-1864), na Rubislaw, kusa da Aberdeen, da matarsa, Jane Forbes, 'yar Sir William Forbes, Baronet na 6 na Pitsligo .

Iyalin sun koma Edinburgh a shekarar 1817, da farko suna zaune tare da kawunsa, Andrew Skene sannan daga 1820 suna zaune a 126 Princes Street da ke fuskantar Edinburgh Castle .

Ya kuma yi karatu a Edinburgh" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal High School, Edinburgh">Makarantar Sakandare a Edinburgh . Daga nan aka koya masa aiki a matsayin lauya na farko ga Francis Wilson WS a filin majalisa sannan ga Henry Jardine WS kuma a filin majalisun.

Daga nan ya yi karatun shari'a a Jami'ar St Andrews da Jami'ar Edinburgh, kuma yana da sha'awar musamman a cikin nazarin ilimin Celtic da adabi. A cikin shekara ta 1832, ya zama Marubuci ga Signet (WS), kuma jim kadan bayan haka ya sami nadin hukuma a sashen lissafi na Kotun Taron, wanda ya rike har zuwa 1865. Sha'awarsa ta farko a tarihin da kayan tarihi na Highlands na Scotland ya haifar da 'ya'yan itace na farko a 1837, lokacin da ya buga The Highlanders of Scotland, their Origin, History and Antiquities .

A shekara ta 1847, a lokacin yunwar dankali ta Highland, an nada shi Sakatare ga Babban Kwamitin Taimako na Highland . A wannan matsayi ya yi aiki tare da Sir Charles Trevelyan, Mataimakin Sakataren Baitulmalin.

A shekara ta 1859 an zabe shi Fellow na Royal Society na Edinburgh wanda ya ba da shawara shine Cosmo Innes . Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kungiyar daga 1869 zuwa 1871.

Babban aikinsa, duk da haka, shine Celtic Scotland, Tarihin Tsohon Alban (3 vols., Edinburgh, 1876-1880), watakila mafi mahimmancin gudummawa ga Tarihin Scotland da aka rubuta a cikin karni na 19. A shekara ta 1879 an sanya shi Dokta na Dokar Jama'a (DCL) na Jami'ar Oxford, kuma a shekara ta 1881 Masanin Tarihi na Royal na Scotland. An nada shi Mataimakin Lieutenant na Edinburgh a 1886.

William Forbes Skene ya kasance babban memba na ikilisiya na St Vincent's Scottish Episcopal Church a St Vincent Street a Stockbridge a arewacin Edinburgh . Ana tunawa da shi a can ta hanyar wani shahararren abin tunawa a bangon kudancin jirgin. Wani mai faɗakarwa na Bishara, ya yi jayayya cewa, tun lokacin da Babban Synod na Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta Scotland na 1863 ya kafa Littafin Addu'ar Ingilishi a matsayin babban iko ga bautar Ikilisiyar kuma Ikilisiyar Irish Episcopal Church ta karɓi Mataki talatin da tara na Ikilisiya a matsayin yadin koyarwa, don St Vincent ya kasance a waje da wannan coci ba zai iya zama mai adalci ba.