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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} The '''Orkney Antiquarian Society''' was founded in 1922 by Dr. [[Hugh Marwick]], Archdeacon [[James Brown Craven]], [[Storer Clouston\|Joseph Storer Clouston]] and [[John Mooney (historian)\|John Mooney]], and continued in existence for 17 years. Its focus of interest was the [[history]] and [[archaeology]] of [[Orkney]], in [[Scotland]], in the [[United Kingdom]]. During its lifetime, the Society published 15 volumes of ''Proceedings'', the last being in 1939. An ''Orkney Research Agenda'' commissioned by [[Historic Scotland]] describes the society's founding in 1922 as a "major advance" in Orkney archaeology which provided a "vital outlet for discoveries and research in Orkney".<ref>[http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/orkney_research_agenda_-_part_2.pdf''Orkney Research Agenda'' - Part 2]</ref> Early 20th century writing on the islands often emphasised their distinct character and [[Nordic countries\|Nordic]] elements in their history, and this influenced subsequent scholarly thought. However, work exploring "Orkneyness" or "Norseness" varied from "excellent" to "suspect" and must be "used critically". <ref>[http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/orkney_research_agenda_-_part_4.pdf ''Orkney Research Agenda'' - Part 4]</ref> Articles from the society's ''Proceedings'' are regularly cited by modern writers on archaeology and [[historical linguistics]].<ref>For example, in this introduction to the [http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/papar/bibliography.html ''Papar Project'']</ref> Members of the society could be on site shortly after an accidental discovery, observing, advising and recording, and finds were sometimes given to the society for their own museum in [[Kirkwall]]. The society had links with other learned societies in Scotland and [[Scandinavia]]. It came to an end with the beginning of [[World War II]], although its name is on some of Marwick's post-war notes about finds made after 1939. Line 9 ⟶ 10: ''Orkney Miscellany'', started in 1953, was the successor to the ''Proceedings'' of the Antiquarian Society. ==Society ~~Officers~~officers== :''Presidents'': ::1922 – 1924 [[James Brown Craven]] Line 25 ⟶ 26: *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060719141715/http://www.brinnoven.co.uk/old/publishing/hughmar.html Brinnoven: Dr Hugh Marwick OBE] <references/> [[Category:1941 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]