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William Croft Dickinson, CBE MC (28 August 1897 – 22 May 1963) was a leading expert in the history of early modern Scotland and a writer of both children's fiction and adult ghost stories.

Dickinson held the Chair of Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh from 1943 to 1963.

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William Croft Dickinson

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William Croft Dickinson, CBE MC (28 August 1897 – 22 May 1963) was a leading expert in the history of early modern Scotland and a writer of both children's...

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William Dickinson

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engraver William Austin Dickinson (1829–1895), American lawyer William Boyd Dickinson (1908–1978), American war correspondent William Croft Dickinson (1897–1963)...

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Massacre of Glencoe

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paperback) by Susan Fletcher and Lady of the Glen by Jennifer Roberson. William Croft Dickinson references Glencoe in his 1963 short story "The Return of the Native"...

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Andrew Lang Lecture

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1951 – 'Andrew Lang, John Knox and Scottish Presbyterianism', by William Croft Dickinson. 16 February 1955 – 'Homer and his forerunners', by Maurice Bowra...

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Gordon Donaldson

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at the University of Edinburgh, largely through the offices of William Croft Dickinson. This marked the beginning of Donaldson's 32-year academic career...

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List of people from Edinburgh

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Shetland dialect Tom Devine (born 1945), historian of Scotland William Croft Dickinson (1897–1963), English historian and professor at University of Edinburgh...

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The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History

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saying that it was yet another book that he wished he had written. William Croft Dickinson in The Scottish Historical Review, also felt that the history was...

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

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Gordon Lindsay (appointed 4 October 1951, replacing AO Curle) William Croft Dickinson (appointed 16 September 1952, replacing W Mackay Mackenzie, died 21...

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Thomas the Rhymer

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for the Rymour Club and issued from John Knox's House, 1920. In William Croft Dickinson's children book The Eildon Tree (1944), two modern children meeting...

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1963 New Year Honours

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Council. William Croft Dickinson, MC, Fraser Professor of Ancient (Scottish) History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh. Alderman William George...

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Cities of Scotland

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ISBN 978-1-933810-02-7. Dickinson, William Croft; Pryde, George Smith (1961). A New History of Scotland: Scotland from the earliest times to 1603, by W.C. Dickinson. T. Nelson...

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Painswick

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remained Post Master there until retirement in 1968. Painswick has one school, Croft Primary School. The school is a small secular and co-educational Community...

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Aoyama Cemetery

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surgeon Alexander Croft Shaw (1846–1902), Canadian Anglican Church in Japan minister, Keio University professor Frederick William Strange (1853–1889)...

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Henry James Sumner Maine

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residence at Cambridge. Ten years later, he was elected to succeed Sir William Harcourt as Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge. In 1886...

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Siege of Leith

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with the same stuiffe." Knox thought James Croft had not wholeheartedly played his part. Carew heard that Croft should have attacked a breach in the Pale:...

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James Main Dixon

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and William Wordsworth.[1] Among his other contributions in Japan, he is credited with the rediscovery (together with his friend, Alexander Croft Shaw)...

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Charles II of England

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who later falsely claimed that they had secretly married. Her son, James Crofts (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was one of Charles's...

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Simon Ward

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Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, opened at The Old Vic, featuring Marc Sinden as Dickinson, with David Langton, Roland Curram, Bruce Montague and Ernest Clark in...

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Chronological list of English classical composers

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(1670–1742) Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707) John Weldon (1676–1736) William Croft (1678–1727) William Corbett (1680–1748) Abiell Whichello (1683–1747) George Frideric...

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Christopher McDonald

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film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in Grease 2 (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise (1991), Ward...

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List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes

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by : Bryce Walton Teleplay by : Robert Bloch William Redfield as Fred Logan, Richard Hale as Ernst von Croft, Sam Jaffe as Hal Ballew, Robert H. Harris...

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Old Royal Naval College

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Madness of King George, The Mummy Returns, The Avengers (1998) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). More recent filming has included BBC television's spy-drama...

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