William Forbes Skene

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Scottish historian (1809-1892)

WritersLived 1809 to 1892 · aged 83

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A portrait of Skene by Sir George Reid, c. 188827 Inverleith Row in EdinburghSkene's offices at 5 Albyn Place (centre)Memorial plaque to the Skene family graves, St John's, Edinburgh

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FatherJames Skene of Rubislaw

Writers born in the 1800s 6

Egor Kovalevsky43.0Karl Josef von Hefele43.0Francesco Dall'Ongaro43.1Franz von Pocci43.0George Walker43.1Stefan Florian Garczyński42.8

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Writers

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deceased

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Lived 1809 to 1892 · aged 83

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