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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFonds
Ref NoMS 2192
TitleWilliam Alexander Macnaughton, physician and historian: Extracts from the Sheriff Court, Presbytery and Kirk Session records of Kincardineshire
Date16th century - 19th century
Extent9 volumes: 0.17 linear metres
Creator NameWilliam Alexander MacNaughton (d c1933), physician and historian
Administrative HistoryWilliam Alexander MacNaughton was a medical graduate of Edinburgh University (1878) and sometime Medical Officer of Health for Kincardineshire. He was editor of Caledonian Medical Journal from 1897 - 1932 and author of The medical heroes of the 'Forty-five (Glasgow: MacDougall, 1897), Caledonian medical journal (1897-1900). Though he is not recorded as a graduate of Aberdeen University, he contributed antiquarian articles to the Aberdeen University Review, and gifted or bequeathed several manuscripts to the University.
SourceThe papers were presented by William Alexander Macnaughton, physician and antiquarian in 1933.
DescriptionExtracts from the Sheriff Court, Presbytery and Kirk Session records for Kincardineshire, 16th to 19th centuries.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialSee other Macnaughton deposits: MS 1070, MS 1071, MS 1079, MS 1083, MS 2093, MS 2605, MS 2606
Publication NoteCollection of extracts from Sheriff Court, Presbytery and Kirk Session records of Kincardineshire. Northern Scotland, Volume 2, No.1 (1974-75), p.93.
Related RecordMS 1083
MS 2093
MS 2307
MS 2605
MS 2606
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