Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Rogers, Charles

​ROGERS, The Rev. Charles, D.D., LL.D., was born April 18, 1825, at Dunino, Fifeshire. He studied at the University of St. Andrews, and became a probationer of the Established Church in 1846. He was ordained Chaplain of Stirling Castle in 1855, which office he resigned in 1863. From 1864 to 1881 he resided in London; he is now resident at Edinburgh. Among his publications are "Scotland, Social and Domestic;" "Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland," 2 vols.; "Boswelliana;" "A Century of Scottish Life;" "Traits nd Stories of the Scottish People." Dr. Rogers has edited "The Poetical Remains of King James I. of Scotland," "Hay's Estimate of the Scottish Nobility," "Poetical Remains of the Earl of Glencairn, Henry Balnaves, and John Davidson," and "The Poems of Sir Robert Aytoun;" the "Register of the Collegiate Church of Crail," the "Chartulary of St. Anthony's Chapel, Leith," and "The Rental Book of the Cistercian Abbey of Cupar." His "Lyra Britannica" contains memoirs of the hymn-writers. Dr. Rogers' best-known work is "The Modern Scottish Minstrel." He is the originator and Secretary of the Grampian Club, a successful organization for publishing original or rare works on Scottish antiquities. In 1868 he established the Royal Historical Society. The monumental statue of Dr. Thomas Chalmers, at Edinburgh, was, at his entreaty, carried out by his friend Dean Ramsay. Dr. Rogers' best-known genealogical works are his "Memorials of the House of Alexander," his "Memoirs of the Families of Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns," and his "Memorials of the Families of Coutts, Christie, Strachan, and Wise." He resigned the office of Secretary to the Royal Historical Society early in 1881.