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MacLachlan (Ewen)

1773–1822
poets, scholars
Torracaltin

Gaelic scholar and poet; librarian at the University and King's College, Aberdeen (1800-1818); head of the Grammar School (1819-1822); was involved in the compilation of John Macleod’s Gaelic-English dictionary.

Manuscripts (2)
Publications (1)

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.3.4 = McLachlan’s ‘Celtic Analysis’ [1812/1813]

scribes:MacLachlan (Ewen)patron:Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.3.5 = Leabhar Caol [1812]

scribes:MacLachlan (Ewen)

MacLeod, John [comp.], Ewen MacLachlan [ass.], Alexander Irvine [ass.], and Alexander MacDonald [ass.], Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a dictionary of the Gaelic language, ed. Macintosh MacKay, 2 vols, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood; T. Cadell, 1828.

See also: TorracaltinTorracaltin

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Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>.

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