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[]
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[]
- Men of the North-East (1920)
- In the Cevennes Without a Donkey (1926)
- A Notable Family of Scots Printers (1927) the story of the Donaldson family
- The Schoolmaster Looks Back
- The Royal Mile: Edinburgh Castle to Holyroodhouse (1928)
- Yesterday and Today (1929)
- Figures and Figureheads (1931)
References[]
- ^ https://www.myheritage.com/names/robert_skinner
- ^ https://oldmeldrum.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/north-bethelnie-farms-25373762.html
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
- ^ Magazine for the Scottish Deaf, summer 1932
- ^ RSE Yearbook 1941
- ^ https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=73294&scrwidth=2400
- 1867 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Aberdeenshire
- Scottish non-fiction writers
- Scottish educators
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Burials at the Dean Cemetery
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- British people stubs