Robert Scott Mylne
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Rev Robert Scott Mylne FRSE FSSA FSA BCL (2 April 1854 – 23 November 1920) was an English vicar, antiquarian and historical author.
Life
He was born on 2 April 1854 the son of Robert William Mylne (died 1890{{cite newspaper The Times|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=hamlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS100849944&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Books Of The Week|department=Reviews|date=24 August 1893|page=6|issue=34038|accessdate=2017-10-26}}) and his wife, Hannah Scott.{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Mylne/6000000024537422899|title=Robert Scott Mylne (1854 - 1920) - Genealogy|website=geni.com|date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=2017-10-26}}
He was rector of Furtho in Northamptonshire then of Great Amwell.
In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Arthur Mitchell, Sir Archibald Geikie, George Chrystal and Alexander Crum Brown.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
He died on 23 November 1920 at Great Amwell in Hertfordshire. He is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist in a vault designed for his family by his ancestor, Robert Mylne.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmtrust.org.uk/mausolea/view/75/Mylne_Mausoleum|title=Mylne Mausoleum - Mausolea & Monuments Trust|website=mmtrust.org.uk|accessdate=2017-10-26}}
Publications
- The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland and Their Work (1893){{cite web|url=https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1074399/the-master-masons-to-the-crown-of-scotland-and-their-works-by-the-rev-robert|title=Robert Scott Mylne - The Master masons to the Crown of Scotland and their works / by the Rev. Robert Scott Mylne.|website=royalcollection.org.uk|accessdate=2017-10-26}} – chosen as one of the "books of the week" by The Times shortly after its publication
- The Cathedral Church of Bayeux (1904)
- The True Ground of Faith
- The Canon Law
- The Deep Waters of Blue Galilee (poem)
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