Fordoun [2]

Fordoun [2]

Fordoun, John de F., lebte im 14. Jahrh. u. ist berühmt wegen seiner Chronik von Schottland, herausgegeben von Th. Hearne, Oxf. 1722, 5 Bde.; von W. Goodall, Edinb. 1747, 2 Bde.


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