William Melven

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William Melven
Occupation(s)Historian, author
Known forliterature on the history and historical events of Scotland

William Melven was a British historian and author. He wrote, or contributed to, around seventy publications during the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, including Guide to Scotland (1895), A Commercial Gazetteer of the World (1905), John Keltie's A History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments (1886) and Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1901) by Francis Hindes Groome.

Selected bibliography[edit]

As author:[1]

  • Guide to Scotland (1895)
  • The Story of the Massacre of Glencoe: with notes on Ballachulish and Glen Etive (1898)
  • A Commercial Gazetteer of the World (1905)

As contributor:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Melven, William - WorldCat
  2. ^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1885). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical, Biographical and Historical. T. C. Jack.