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- James Grant (1840–1885) was a Scottish antiquarian. Grant was born in 1840 in Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, was educated at Aberdeen University, where...3 KB (338 words) - 11:22, 7 March 2024
Retrieved 15 October 2015. Grant, Helen (20 January 2017). "The Antiquary and the Crocodile: M. R. James Resources". Helen Grant Blog. Retrieved 25 February...51 KB (6,399 words) - 09:57, 20 September 2024
James Prinsep FRS (20 August 1799 – 22 April 1840) was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the...35 KB (3,943 words) - 17:05, 20 August 2024
The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received...23 KB (2,398 words) - 14:49, 14 July 2024
Antiquarian (redirect from Antiquary)An antiquarian or antiquary (from Latin antiquarius 'pertaining to ancient times') is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More...35 KB (3,694 words) - 10:13, 11 August 2024
The Mezzotint (category Short stories by M. R. James)is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his first collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Mr. Williams, the curator of a university...3 KB (298 words) - 10:43, 11 December 2023
The Antiquary (1816), the third of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, centres on the character of an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and...22 KB (3,076 words) - 11:35, 26 June 2023
XII of France; and James's aspiration to lead a European naval crusade against the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. James was granted the title of Protector...86 KB (10,945 words) - 21:27, 6 September 2024
James Robinson Planché (27 February 1796 – 30 May 1880) was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms. Over a period of approximately 60 years...42 KB (5,476 words) - 07:46, 26 May 2024- Sir James Monteith Grant KCVO KStJ WS FSA Scot FRHSC (Hon) (19 October 1903 – 1 December 1981) was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland from 1969 to 1981...4 KB (204 words) - 10:02, 27 February 2024
- period. BRILL. p. 148. ISBN 9004036105. The Indian Antiquary V. 109, XIII. 70. The earlier grant was made from Káyávatára (Karwan/Kayavarohan): the later...17 KB (2,325 words) - 03:02, 11 September 2024
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the senior antiquarian body of Scotland, with its headquarters in the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers...16 KB (1,768 words) - 16:27, 22 July 2024
Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Baronet, FRSE, FSA Scot (19 May 1738, Moray – 18 February 1811, Castle Grant) was a Scottish landowner, politician and Chief...6 KB (392 words) - 08:42, 13 September 2024- the Society of Antiquaries of London. The honour, denoted by the post-nominal FSA, is awarded to members of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a learned...21 KB (2,231 words) - 06:05, 4 September 2024
was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He served as president of the London and Middlesex Archaeological...5 KB (383 words) - 02:53, 13 March 2023- Glasgow was recognised in 1175 via the granting of a burgh in a charter by William the Lion. In 1476, Charter of James III of Scotland confirmed "the City...25 KB (1,636 words) - 07:05, 30 April 2024
Urquhart Castle (section The Grants)as looting the castle of provisions. Grant unsuccessfully attempted to claim damages from MacDonald. James Grant of Freuchie (d.1553) succeeded his father...30 KB (3,638 words) - 20:39, 19 August 2024- sports medicine James Pettit Andrews (1737–1797), English historian and antiquary Jamie Andrews, fictional character from the drama series, Instant Star...1 KB (160 words) - 19:57, 19 July 2024
- "Inscriptions Of Kathiawad No. 175, 177". New Indian Antiquary. Vol. 2. pp. 398–399. Watson, James W., ed. (1884). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency :...19 KB (2,148 words) - 12:26, 7 May 2024
- The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments...11 KB (1,416 words) - 17:15, 22 July 2024
- Volume 22 — Grant, James (1840-1885)1890Francis Watt GRANT, JAMES (1840–1885), Scottish antiquary, born in 1840 in Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, was
- everything;—in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree. Shakerley-Marmion, Antiquary, Act II, scene 1. When you try to conceal your wrinkles, Polla, with paste
- Universitätsschriften, 2003). Thomas Hearne, ed. The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. 2nd ed., 9 vols. (1744-45), pp. iii, 67. Maxted, loc. cit. See F Rose-Troup