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Apr 14, 2022 · The four men behind these lines were George and Harold Skene, Bob Ebbens, and Henk Philipsen. George, 28 and living in Amsterdam at the time, noticed that the government-run telephone service...
Feb 5, 2021 · Tune manuscript named after its owner and principal compiler, George Skene (1695-1756), 17th Laird of Skene in Aberdeenshire. The manuscript consists predominantly of vernacular pieces, seemingly recorded from aural circulation.
He is Sir George Skene of Fintray and Rubislaw, better known as Provost Skene, whose ‘house’ is being surrounded by the new Marischal Square development, and which is to house a new museum celebrating famous Aberdonians over the centuries.
Sir George Skene of Fintray (1619–1708) was a Scottish merchant in the Baltic trade who served as Provost of the city of Aberdeen from 1676 to 1685. He was knighted in 1681. He was a burgh commissioner for Aberdeen in the Parliament of Scotland from 1681 to 1682 and 1685 to 1686.
George Skene was Provost of Aberdeen from 1676-85. Whilst attending Parliament in 1681 Skene was knighted by the Duke of York, then acting as Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament and...
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George Skene was a Marischal College graduate of 1755 at an impressively young age and a King's College MD of 1762. George was certainly not the first 19 year old to be appointed to a Chair at Marischal College in the 18th century.
