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Robert T. Skinner

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Robert Taylor Skinner FSA Scot FRSE (1867–1946) was a 20th-century Scottish mathematician, historical author and antiquarian.

Life

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Donaldson's School

He was born at Bethelnie Farm near Aberdeen on 22 May 1867, one of 17 children of James Skinner (b. 1824), a farmer, and his wife, Jane Anderson (b. 1831).[1] He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School.[2]

In 1893, he began teaching Mathematics at George Watson's College. He moved to Donaldson's School for the Deaf in 1899.

In 1903, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert McNair Ferguson, John Sturgeon Mackay, David Fowler Lowe, and John Brown Clark.[3]

He was House Governor of Donaldson's Hospital and lived in his rooms there.[4] He retired in 1932.[5]

On retiral he lived at 35 Campbell Road in the Murrayfield district.[6]

He died on 31 August 1946 and was buried in Dean Cemetery.[7]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ Robert Skinner myheritage.com
  2. ^ "North Bethelnie Farms".
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
  5. ^ Magazine for the Scottish Deaf, summer 1932
  6. ^ RSE Yearbook 1941
  7. ^ "Robert Taylor Skinner grave monument details at Dean 2d Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland".