Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [ Clubs & Societies ]
… (Edinburgh), the Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, the Royal Danish Society and its counterpart in Iceland, the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia), and the Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston). Buchan first introduced … eighteenth century, the network just started to span across the Atlantic with the election of Benjamin Smith Barton , an American naturalist at Philadelphia University. Scandinavians were important partners, due to the historical connection …
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