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The Glasgow Archaeological Society is an archaeological society in Glasgow, Scotland, that was established in 1856. Its current president is Dale Bilsland. [1] The society is known for its Dalrymple Lectures, co-hosted with the University of Glasgow. Previous lecturers and topics have included: [2] Professor Emmanuel Anati on "Prehistoric rock Art"
The Scottish Archaeological Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the archaeology of Scotland. It is published by Edinburgh University Press and was previously known as the Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society (1859 to 1967) and the Glasgow Archaeological Journal (1969 to 1991).
Following her presidency, Robertson served as Honorary Secretary of the Society from 1965 to 1972. A special issue of the Glasgow Archaeological Journal was published in her honour in 1976 "in gratitude for her outstanding services to scholarship - specifically, to the study of Roman Scotland - and to the Glasgow Archaeological Society". [7]
He was President of the Glasgow Archaeological Society (1895–6 and 1904–7) and vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland from 1900 to 1902. The David Murray Book Collecting Prize is open to all currently registered students of the University of Glasgow: "The purpose of the prize is to encourage collecting of books/other ...
He was born on 20 May 1788 in Partick, Glasgow the son of Patrick Euing. He attended Glasgow Grammar School then Glasgow University.. He was a friend of James Orchard Halliwell who engendered in him a love of old books .In 1815 he co-founded Inglis, Euing & Co, and in 1819 created the independent company of William Euing & Co in which he was sole partner.
From 1870 to 1872 and from 1878 to 1880 Dalrymple Duncan was President of the Kirkintilloch Agricultural Society. [15] He was Secretary of the Glasgow Archaeological Society from 1877. [16] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in January 1889. [17]
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is a charitable organisation whose purpose is set out in its Royal Charter from 1783: …a Society to investigate both antiquities and natural and civil history in general, with the intention that the talents of mankind should be cultivated and that the study of natural and useful sciences should be promoted.
S. Schweizerischer Burgenverein; Scottish Place-Name Society; Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust; Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation; Société archéologique de Touraine