Robert Kerr Hannay
Robert Kerr Hannay FRSE (31 December 1867, Glasgow – 19 March 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scottish historian. He served as Historiographer Royal of Scotland and Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh.[1]
He collected and calendared the letters of both James 1V and James V,[2] and wrote The Early History of the Scottish Signet. He is the grandfather of writer Alastair Hannay.
References
- ^ Robert Kerr Hannay: School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Univ. of Edinburg, retrieved 17 March 2011
- ^ Robert Kerr Hannay: amazon.com, retrieved 17 March 2011
Categories:
- 1867 births
- 1940 deaths
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Scottish historians
- Historiographers
- People from Glasgow
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Alumni of University College, Oxford
- Academics of the University of Dundee
- Academics of the University of St Andrews
- Scottish curators
- Academics of the University of Edinburgh