Robert Pitcairn (antiquary)

For the railroad executive, see Robert Pitcairn.

Robert Pitcairn lived in an attractive flat at 50 North Castle Street, Edinburgh
Robert Pitcairn's grave, New Calton Cemetery

Robert Pitcairn FSA Scot FRSE (14 August 1793 – 11 July 1855) was a Scottish antiquary and scholar who contributed to works published by Walter Scott and the Bannatyne Club.[1] He was the author of Criminal Trials and other Proceedings before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland (1829-1833).[2] He was head of the Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company and secretary of the Calvin Translating Society[3] Pitcairn was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,[4] and a Writer to His Majesty’s Signet,[5] and a member of the Maitland Club.

  1. ^ Bell, Alan. "Pitcairn, Robert (1793–1855)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22318. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ John Gibson Lockhart: Robert Pitcairn (1793-1855) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
  3. ^ "Pitcairn". www.electricscotland.com.
  4. ^ "... By ROBERT PITCAIRN, Esq., F.S.A. Scot" (PDF).
  5. ^ "History-of-Fife-Pitcairns". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2011.