Background
Henderson was born in Lathones, Fife, Scotland in May 1844.
Henderson was born in Lathones, Fife, Scotland in May 1844.
He attended the University of Street Andrews and joined the staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Henderson was a prolific author and contributed entries on Scottish figures for the Dictionary of National and Encyclopædia Britannica. He was an editor for several anthologies of poetry, including the works of He was also an editor of later editions of The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, considered the foremost historic work of its era, and The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.