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Old Photograph Nigel Tranter Scotland
Old photograph of Nigel Tranter who was born on 23 November 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland. Nigel was and educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He trained as an accountant and worked in Scottish National Insurance Company, founded by his uncle. In 1933 he married May Jean Campbell Grieve and had two children, Frances May and Philip. He joined the Royal Artillery and served in East Anglia in the Second World War. Nigel had a great interest in castles and their associated history. As a result, in 1935, at age 25, he published his first book, The Fortalices and Early Mansions of Southern Scotland. Between 1962 and 1971 he published the landmark series The Fortified House in Scotland, in five volumes. He died on 9 January 2000 at the age of 90 after contracting flu.
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