Charles Cordiner facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Reverend Charles Cordiner |
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Minister of St Andrew's Chapel, Banff | |
Appointed | 1769 |
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Born | c. 1746 |
Died | 18 November 1794 (aged 48) Banff, Aberdeenshire |
Denomination | Scottish Episcopal Church |
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.