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Died
  
18 May 1915

Joseph Anderson (antiquarian)

Children
  
David Anderson, Lord St Vigeans

Joseph Anderson LLD HRSA (1832–1916) was a Scottish antiquarian who served as keeper of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland from 1870 to 1913.

He lived most of his later life at 8 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.

He died in Gullane on 28 September 1916. He is buried beneath a large Celtic cross amongst the trees in the section north of the vaults in Warriston Cemetery in north Edinburgh.

Family

He was married to Jessie Dempster (1833-1913).

His son Francis Joseph Anderson was killed in a motor-cycle accident in 1922 aged 22.

He was the father of the advocate and judge David Anderson, Lord St Vigeans who served as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court from 1918 to 1934. He is buried with his father.

His son William Anderson was a geologist in Australia and died in Sydney.

References

Joseph Anderson (antiquarian) Wikipedia