Walter MacFarlane

Walter MacFarlane (1705-8 June 1767) was a Scottish antiquarian and 20th chief of the Clan MacFarlane.[1] He was the author of a number of "collections", among them multi-volume genealogical works. His Geographical Collections relating to Scotland, a work in three volumes that collected historical, geographical, and folkloristic information dating from 1600 to 1730.[2] Macfarlane had gathered much of the material in 1748-49;[3] it was published posthumously by the Scottish History Society in 1906, edited by Arthur Mitchell.[1] The work included a large number of observations recorded by Robert Sibbald, who had attempted a methodical survey of Scotland's parishes.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 History of clan MacFarlane. Glasgow. 1922. pp. 130–33.
  2. ↑ Smout, T. C. (2005). "Soils, Bogs and Woods". Exploring Environmental History: Selected Essays: Selected Essays. Edinburgh UP. pp. 135–52. ISBN 9780748635146.
  3. ↑ Withers, Charles W. J. (2001). Geography, Science and National Identity: Scotland Since 1520. Cambridge UP. p. 143. ISBN 9780521642026.
  4. ↑ Cramsie, John (2015). British Travellers and the Encounter with Britain, 1450-1700. Boydell & Brewer. p. 420. ISBN 9781783270538.
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