Thomas Finlayson Henderson

Thomas Finlayson Henderson (25 May 1844 – 25 December 1923), often credited as T. F. Henderson, was a Scottish historian, author and editor. Henderson was a prolific author and contributed entries on Scottish figures for the Dictionary of National Biography and Encyclopædia Britannica. He was considered an authority on poet Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Biography

Henderson was born in Lathones, Fife, Scotland in May 1844. He was the second of 11 children born to farmer Archibald Henderson and his wife, Catherine , both of Kincardine-in-Menteith, a village in Perthshire.

He attended the University of St Andrews and joined the staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica. (2nd edition 1911; 3rd revised edition 1913)