Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir George Macdonald (b. Elgin 30 January 1862; d. 9 August Edinburgh 1940) was an eminent archaeologist and numismatist who studied the building of the Antonine wall.He was educated at Ayr Academy where his father was rector, and at Edinburgh University.He became a civil servant and classical scholar, and also was Secretary of the Scottish Education Department from 1922-8. He was knighted in 1927.As commented upon in his obituary: “scholarship is not incompatible with administrative ability”. He catalogued the collection of Greek coins in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. He employed “scientific method and equipment” in his fieldwork and excavations, resulting in new discoveries in the discipline of Romano-British history. He was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland from 1934 until his death.. }
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- Sir_George_Macdonald abstract "Sir George Macdonald (b. Elgin 30 January 1862; d. 9 August Edinburgh 1940) was an eminent archaeologist and numismatist who studied the building of the Antonine wall.He was educated at Ayr Academy where his father was rector, and at Edinburgh University.He became a civil servant and classical scholar, and also was Secretary of the Scottish Education Department from 1922-8. He was knighted in 1927.As commented upon in his obituary: “scholarship is not incompatible with administrative ability”. He catalogued the collection of Greek coins in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. He employed “scientific method and equipment” in his fieldwork and excavations, resulting in new discoveries in the discipline of Romano-British history. He was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland from 1934 until his death.".