Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [ Clubs & Societies ]
… the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume I. Printed by W. and A. Smellie, printers to the Society, for W. Creech, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, 1792. Image Brown, John, ‘David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, 1742 - 1829. … masculine, Honorary Fellows, and donors across Scotland, Britain, and Europe. The society played a central role in Edinburgh’s learned sociability and contributed to the influence of the ‘Athens of the North’ in the late eighteenth … and protect artefacts and archives of all kinds. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was a major contribution to Edinburgh’s learned sociability in the eighteenth century. It paved the way for the National Museum of Antiquities which …
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