Walter Biggar Blaikie | |
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 Dr. Walter Biggar Blaikie (ca.1905) | |
| Born | 23 November 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 3 May 1928 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Civil engineer Printer writer historian |
| Spouse | Janet Marshall Macfie (1852–1942) |
| Children | 5 daughters |
| Parent(s) | Rev Prof William Garden Blaikie (1820–1899) Margaret Catherine Biggar/Blaikie (1823–1915) |
Walter Biggar BlaikieFRSEDLLLD (23 November 1847 inPilrig, Edinburgh – 3 May 1928) was a Scottish civil engineer, printer, historian and astronomer.[1]
Second of the seven recorded sons ofMargaret Catherine Biggar andWilliam Garden Blaikie, minister ofPilrig Free Church, Walter Biggar Blaikie was educated atEdinburgh Academy and theUniversity of Edinburgh.
He worked as a civil engineer with the Department for Public Works in India from 1870 until 1873, but after the birth of their first child he and his wife returned to Scotland to work for the large engineering firm ofBlyth & Blyth where he worked until 1880. In 1879, he became involved in the printing business which becameT and A Constable ofEdinburgh.[2] He would work with the firm for almost 50 years, and for many years he ran it.[3]
He became one of the leading scholars of theJacobite period, especially of the life ofBonnie Prince Charlie.
In 1897, he was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh, his proposers beingJohn George Bartholomew,Sir John Murray, Frederick Bailey andHugh Robert Mill. He served as Vice President of the Society from 1924 to 1927.[4]
He is buried in the grave of his maternal grandfather, Henry Balfour Biggar, in the north-east corner of the north extension toSt Cuthberts Churchyard in Edinburgh. He is the last named on a badly eroded stone.
In 1928 his daughters donated a large collection of his historical papers concerning the Jacobite Uprising and the Stuarts to theNational Library of Scotland. This ran to 1076 printed items in 756 volumes, 42 manuscripts, 3 charters and around 400 engravings.[5]
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