Charles Cordiner
Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquarian (1746–1794)
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Charles Cordiner (c. 1746–1794) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary.
Charles Cordiner | |
|---|---|
| Minister of St Andrew's Chapel, Banff | |
| Appointed | 1769 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1746 |
| Died | 18 November 1794 (aged 48) |
| Denomination | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Life
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Charles Cordiner became Episcopalian minister of St Andrew's Chapel, Banff, in 1769. He became known as a writer on antiquities. He died at Banff on 18 November 1794, aged forty-eight, leaving a widow and eight children. James Cordiner was his son.[1]
Works
He was the author of Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a series of Letters to Thomas Pennant, London, 1780; and Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects of North Britain, with Ancient Monuments and singular subjects of Natural History, 2 vols. London, 1788–95. This last work, which is illustrated with engravings by Peter Mazell, was published in parts, but Cordiner did not live to see the publication of the last part.[1]
