![]() Dickinson achieved a hitherto unprecedented feat when in 1940 he was appointed Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh, becoming the first English-born occupant of this Chair, the oldest and most distinguished Scottish History professorship in the world. ‘Dark Encounters’ consists of thirteen Ghost Stories written by William Croft Dickinson at various times in his life and which were collected together and published in 1963. James, his stories have been referred to as Ghost Stories of a Scottish Antiquary.īiographical Note: William Croft Dickinson (1897-1963) A second edition of Dark Encounters, with identical contents aside from the addition of an introduction by Susan Dickinson, the author's daughter, was published by John Goodchild in 1984 (see the image below). Botulph, and Return at Dusk) were later republished, along with nine other tales, in Dark Encounters, by Harvill Press in 1963. The four stories that book contained ( The Sweet Singers, Can These Stones Speak?, The Eve of St. ![]() He was one of the foremost experts in the history of early modern Scotland (his first scholarly work appeared in The Scottish Historical Review in 1922) and the author of both fiction for children and ghost stories for adults.ĭickinson's first volume of supernatural stories, The Sweet Singers, and Three Other Remarkable Occurrents, was published by Oliver and Boyd in 1953. ![]() ![]() William Croft Dickinson (1897 ~ 1963) was an English historian and writer. ![]()
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