John Strachan (linguist)
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John Strachan | |
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Born | Keith, Scotland | 31 January 1862
Died | 25 September 1907 | (aged 45)
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation(s) | linguist, academic |
Spouse |
Mina Grant (m. 1886–1907) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Aberdeen University Cambridge University Jena University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Manchester University |
Main interests | Celtic Studies |
Notable works | Old-Irish paradigms and selections from the Old-Irish glosses |
John Strachan (31 January 1862 – 25 September 1907) was a scholar of Sanskrit, Ancient Greek and the Celtic languages. Educated at Keith Grammar School, Aberdeen University and Pembroke College, Cambridge,[1] he was a professor at Owens College and the Victoria University of Manchester.[2] He is best remembered for the Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, a collection of material in Old Irish that he edited together with Whitley Stokes, and for the textbook Old Irish Paradigms and Selections from the Old Irish Glosses, first published in 1904–05 and later revised by Osborn Bergin. Both of these works are still in print. He died in Prestwich, Lancashire, in 1907.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Strachan, John (STRN881J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Obituary. John Strachan". The Athenaeum (4171): 403–404. 5 October 1907.
External links
- "Strachan papers". The University of Manchester Library. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Researchers and writers on Irish
- "Strachan book collection". The University of Manchester Library. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- "STRACHAN, John (1862–1907)". Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (2019). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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