| 词条 | Alexander Macdonald (antiquary) |
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Alexander Macdonald ({{circa|1791}}{{snd}}1850) was a Scottish antiquary. LifeIn early life, Macdonald was employed in the Register House, Edinburgh, where he assisted Thomas Thomson in the preparation of the Acts of the Scottish Parliament and other works. In 1824 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and in 1837 joint curator of the society's museum. In 1836 he was appointed principal keeper of the register of deeds and probate writs. He died at Edinburgh on 23 December 1850, aged about 59. He had supplied material for Sir Walter Scott's notes to the Waverley Novels.[1] WorksMacdonald is best known as editor of the publications of the Maitland Club. The volumes edited by him were:[1]
For the Bannatyne Club he edited Registrum Honoris de Morton, 1853. Notes1. ^1 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Macdonald, Alexander (1791?-1850)|volume=35}} Attribution{{DNB|wstitle=Macdonald, Alexander (1791?-1850)|volume=35}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Alexander}} 5 : 1791 births|1850 deaths|Scottish antiquarians|Scottish archivists|Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
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