Skene, William Forbes, Scottish historian, born in Kincardineshire, bred to law; devoted 40 years of his life to the study of the early, in particular the Celtic, periods of Scottish history, and was from 1881 historiographer for Scotland (1809‒1892).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Skelton, John * Skerryvore