Annie Isabella Cameron (1897-1973) was a Scottish historian.

Biography

She was the daughter of Mary Sinclair, and James Cameron, a Glasgow engineer. She studied history at the

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and the

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. She wrote a doctoral thesis on Bishop Kennedy of St Andrews. She worked at the

Scottish Record Office The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) is the previous name of the National Records of Scotland (NRS), and are the national archives of Scotland, based in Edinburgh. The NAS claims to have one of the most varied collection of archives in Europe ...

and in 1938 married George Dunlop, proprietor of the ''

Kilmarnock Standard The ''Kilmarnock Standard'' is a Scottish weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in the town of Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and fo ...

''. She died in 1973.

Marcus Merriman Marcus Homer Merriman (1940–2006) was an historian and academic researching Anglo-Scottish relations in the 16th century and their European context. Background Merriman was born in Baltimore on 3 May 1940. Educated at Bowdoin College, Maine ...

, a historian of the

Rough Wooing The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century. Following its break with the Roman Catholic Church, England attacked Scotland, partly to break the ...

acknowledged Annie Cameron,

Marguerite Wood Marguerite Wood (30 August 1887 – 19 August 1954) was a Scottish historian and archivist who specialised in Scottish history. She served as Keeper of the Burgh Records of Edinburgh and was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member o ...

, and Gladys Dickinson for their work publishing 16th-century primary sources. He praised Cameron for her "stunning" edition of the Scottish correspondence of

Mary of Guise Mary of Guise (french: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She ...

, "placing in the hands of the researcher something formidably useful."Marcus Merriman, ''The Rough Wooings'' (Tuckwell: East Linton, 2000), pp. xix, 102.

Selected publications

* Annie I. Cameron
''Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine'' (SHS: Edinburgh, 1927)
* Robert S. Rait & Annie I. Cameron
''King James's Secret: Negotiations between Elizabeth and James VI relating to the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, from the Warrender Papers'' (London, 1927)
* Annie I. Cameron
''Warrender Papers'', 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1931)
* Annie I. Cameron
''Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595'', vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936)
* Annie Dunlop, ''The Life and Times of James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews'' (St Andrews, 1950). * Annie Dunlop, ''The Royal Burgh of Ayr'' (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953).

References

1897 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Scottish women writers 20th-century Scottish historians Historians of Scotland {{UK-historian-stub