James Traill Calder

James Traill Calder (1794–1864)[1] was a Scottish local historian who was the author of a History of Caithness.

Born in Castletown, Caithness, Calder studied at the University of Edinburgh.

Calder died at Elwick Bank, Shapinsay, Orkney, on 15 January 1864.

[2] Calder's major work,Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness from the Tenth Century, was published in 1861.

[1] In 1842 Calder published at Wick Sketches from John o' Groat's in Prose and Verse, which contained a chapter on "Ancient Superstitions and Customs in Caithness".