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John of Fordun

Born

Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Genre

History, Chronicles

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Julius Caesar, Suetonius, Gildas, Bede ...more

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John of Fordun (before 1360 – c. 1384) was a secular priest and Scottish chronicler. He may have been a chaplain of St. Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen.

In the preface to the Scotichronicon, Walter Bower claimed that after Edward I had removed the chronicles of Scotland, John of Fordun, inspired by patriotic zeal, 'went on foot like an industrious bee throughout the land of Britain and the oratories of Ireland' in order to make a new historical collection.

Dauvit Broun has concluded that while Fordun may have compiled the material in Chronica Gentis Scotorum, he did not compose most of it. ...more

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John of Fordun’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 5 ratings · 1 review · 40 distinct works

	Chronicle of the Scottish Nation 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1387 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Historians of Scotland: John of Fordun by John of Fordun, Felix James Henry Skene, William Forbes Skene (Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1871 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of the Scottish Nation, Volume 4 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1387 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotichronicon Genuinum, Una Cum Ejusdem Supplemento AC Continuatione [of W. Bower] E Codicibus Mss. Eruit Ediditque T. Hearnius, Volume 2 by John of Fordun, Walter Bower 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Historians of Scotland, Volume 1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronica Gentis Scotorum, Volume 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1387 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronica Gentis Scotorum, Volume 1 by John of Fordun, William Forbes Skene (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1872 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon: Cum Supplementis Et Continuatione Walteri Boweri ... E Codicibus Mss. Editum, Cum Notis Et Variantibus Lectionibus, 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johannis De Fordun Scotichronicon Genuinum, Una Cum Ejusdem Supplemento Ac Continuatione [of W. Bower] E Codicibus Mss. Eruit Ediditque T. Hearnius; Volume 1 by John of Fordun, Walter Bower 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronica Gentis Scotorum 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars