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Gilbert Goudie FSAScot (1843–1918) was a Scottish banker, author, antiquary and amateur archaeologist. He was Treasurer of the
Gilbert Goudie FSAScot (1843–1918) was a Scottish banker, author, antiquary and amateur archaeologist. He was Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the senior antiquarian body of Scotland, with its headquarters in the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. The Society's aim is to promote the cultural heritage of Scotland.
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Life
He was born in Clumlie on theShetland Isles
Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...
on 23 April 1843 the son of Gilbert Goudie of Braefield (1796-1891) and his wife Jean Black (1802-1878)
He moved to Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
in 1853, living in a flat at 32 Dundas Street with his uncle.
Gilbert went into banking joining the National Bank. In 1873 he was living at 47 Ann Street, a charming Georgian house in the Stockbridge area.
In 1875 he found a Pictish stone on St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle is a small tied island connected by the largest tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Dunrossness on the South Mainland. The tombolo, known loca ...
. In 1869 and 1888 he excavated the Levenwick and Clumlie brochs.
In 1910 he was living at 31 Great King Street, a very fine three storey and basement Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.
He died at Great King Street in Edinburgh on 8 January 1918.
Family
In September 1881 he married a widow, Anna Ross (née Anderson) born 1849 inLargo, Fife
Largo (Scottish Gaelic: An Leargach) is a parish in Fife, Scotland containing the villages of Upper Largo or Kirkton of Largo, Lower Largo and Lundin Links. It is bounded on the west by the parish of Scoonie, on the north by Ceres and on the e ...
. They were married by Rev John McMurtrie in a private service at 14 Dean Terrace. They had one son, Gilbert John Goudie (1884-1899). Anna died in 1914. In November 1916 (aged 73) he married Anna Margarita Jean Young, around 50 years his junior.
Selected publications
*The Orkneyinga Saga (1873) *Notes on the Great Libraries of Scandinavia *On the Horizontal Water Mills of Shetland (1885) *The Danish Claims Upon Orkney and Scotland (1887) *The Diary of Rev John Mill (1889) *The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of Scotland (1904)Artistic Recognition
His portrait in stained glass by William Graham Boss forms one of multiple portraits of committee members of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on the main stair at the National Portrait gallery, Edinburgh.Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries 1990 p.206References
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