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Charles Cordiner (c. 1746–1794) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary.

Life

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.

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.

Gallery

• Hilton of Cadboll Stone
• Nigg Stone

References

1. ^ Stephen, ed. 1887, p. 215.

Sources

• Smitten, Jeffrey R. (2004). "Cordiner, Charles (1746?–1794), Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford UP. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cordiner, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 215.

External links

• "Rev Charles Cordiner". The British Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
• "The Rev. Charles Cordiner at Banff …". The National Archives. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

• 1740s births
• 1794 deaths
• 18th-century antiquarians
• 18th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests
• 18th-century Scottish writers
• Scottish antiquarians