Walter Scott Dalgleish (25 March 1834 – 15 February 1897) was a British historian and author. His publications include Great Speeches from Shakespeare's Plays: with Notes and a Life of Shakespeare (1891), Great Britain and Ireland, 1689–1887 (1895) and Mediaeval England, from the English Settlement to the Reformation (1896).
Walter Scott Dalgleish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 March 1834 |
| Died | 15 February 1897 (aged 62) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author |
| Known for | literature on education and historical events of Scotland |
He contributed a section on Scotland's education to Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1901) by Francis Hindes Groome.[1]
Early life and career edit
Dalgleish was born in 1834, son of John Dalgleish. He attended Royal High School and University in Edinburgh.[2]
He worked as an editor with Edinburgh publishers Thomas Nelson and Sons.[2]
Dalgleish became the Edinburgh correspondent for The Times in 1878.[2]
Personal life edit
In 1870, Dalgleish married Charlotte Hill, daughter of painter David Octavius Hill.[3] He later married Helen Curror, who survived him upon his death in 1897. She remarried, to Worthington Evans, the following year.[4]
Death edit
Dalgleish died in 1897, aged 62. He had been living at 25 Mayfield Terrace (or Parkside Works), Edinburgh.[2]
Selected bibliography edit
As author:[5]
- Great Speeches from Shakespeare's Plays: with Notes and a Life of Shakespeare (1891)
- Great Britain and Ireland, 1689–1887 (1895)
- Mediaeval England, from the English Settlement to the Reformation (1896)
As contributor:
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1885). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical, Biographical and Historical. T. C. Jack.
- ^ a b c d Who's Who, 1897. A. & C. Black. 1897. p. 208.
- ^ "NAS Catalogue - browse - details of record". catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1898). Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 6.
- ^ Dalgleish, Walter Scott 1834-1897 - WorldCat