Ewen MacLachlan
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Ewen MacLachlan (Gaelic: Eòghann MacLachlainn)[1] (1775[2]–1822) was a Scottish scholar and poet. He is noted for his translations of ancient Classical literature into Gaelic, for his own Gaelic verse, and for his contribution to Gaelic dictionaries.
MacLachlan is considered one of the most important figures in the preservation of Gaelic as a written language and written literature.
Life
MacLachlan was born in Lochaber, and educated at Aberdeen University. He was librarian to University and Kings College, Aberdeen from 1800–1818, and headmaster of Aberdeen grammar school from 1810–1822. He translated the first eight books of Homer's Iliad into Gaelic. He also composed and published his own Gaelic Attempts in Verse (1807) and Metrical Effusions (1816), and contributed greatly to the 1828 Gaelic–English Dictionary.
Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation)
In 2021, Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation) was founded at the University of Aberdeen, to promote and enhance translation out of and into Gaelic, and was named in MacLachlan's honour.[3]
See also
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References
- Anderson, Peter John. Ewen MacLachlan: Librarian to University and Kings College, Aberdeen, 1800-1818. Aberdeen: University Press, 1918.
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External links
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- Ewen MacLachlan's works on GoogleBooks
- Ewen MacLachlan in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
- Ewen MacLachlan in The Poets and Poetry of Scotland
- Ewen MacLachlan in Sar-obair nam Bard Gaelach, or The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards, edited by John Mackenzie
- Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation)
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- 1822 deaths
- 1775 births
- 19th-century Scottish translators
- 19th-century Scottish Gaelic poets
- 19th-century Scottish writers
- Academics of the University of Aberdeen
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Scottish classical scholars
- Scottish lexicographers
- Scottish scholars and academics
- Scottish book editors
- Scottish Gaelic language
- Translators of Homer
- Translators to Scottish Gaelic