Robert Reid, bishop of Orkney

(d. 1558)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Reid, Robert, d. 1558 DNB: Reid, Robert (d. 1558), Scottish Renaissance humanist, abbot of Kinloss, and Roman Catholic bishop of Orkney LBT ID: RoReid1558 VIAF ID: 9796985 LOC ID: nr2004024522	DIED: 1558-09-06
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish humanist and bishop of Orkney (1541); he was a founder of Edinburgh University.
REFERENCES TO Robert Reid, bishop of Orkney: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1814 Found 1: ¶ 1