Alan Orr Anderson
Alan Orr Anderson | |
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Born | 1879 |
Died | 1958 (aged 78–79) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation(s) | Historian and compiler |
Spouse | Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson |
Parent(s) | Rev. John Anderson and Ann Masson |
Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. The son of Rev. John Anderson and Ann Masson, he was born in 1879. He was educated at
In 1908, after five years of work sponsored by the
Years of reading difficult manuscripts in dull light were perhaps the cause of Anderson's failing eyesight, and for a large period of time, he relied on his graduate student (subsequently his wife) Marjorie Cunningham to do much of the readings. He died 9 December 1958.
Today, most scholars working in early Scottish history regard Anderson's three volumes as among their most essential scholarly possessions. As a result, much of the course of early Scottish historiography was set by what Anderson chose to publish or chose not to publish. In 1990 and 1991, the compilations were reissued by the Stamford-based organisation Paul Watkins Publishing.
Bibliography
- Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 vols, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1922; republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) Stamford, 1990
- Anderson, Alan Orr, Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, London: David Nutt, 1908; republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) Stamford, 1991
References
- ‘ANDERSON, Alan Orr’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 28 Jan 2009