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135:, located on Queen Street. The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland Act 1954 transferred the powers and duties relating to the Museum, previously vested in the Society of Antiquaries and the National Galleries, to a new Board. The Society is now an independent not-for-profit charity registered in Scotland (
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on a topic that best reflects the scholarship and high standards of this distinguished individual, who was for many years the Keeper of the
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and was President of the Society between 1975 and
161:…a Society to investigate both antiquities and natural and civil history in general, with the intention that the talents of mankind should be cultivated and that the study of natural and useful sciences should be promoted.
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647:David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
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