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Pender, Iain McAllister Moffatt-, 1896-1961 (Scottish writer and Gaelic revivalist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1896 - 1961

Biography

Iain (sometimes spelt Ian) McAllister Moffatt-Pender studied Celtic Language and Literature under Professor W. J. Watson at Edinburgh University, before his studies were interrupted by the First World War, during which he fought in the Seaforth Highlanders. Before the War he also represented Scotland as a Rugby Union international. In 1932, he emigrated to Australia with his wife and made a fortune as a sheep farmer. He returned to Scotland after the Second World War and completed his degree in 1951. He wrote plays in Gaelic on Jacobite themes.

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Typescript of Iain Moffatt-Pender's own corrected draft of his English translation of Kenneth Macleod's essay "Duatharachd na mara"

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Identifier: Coll-2940
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This is a typescript of Iain Moffatt-Pender's own corrected draft of his English translation of Kenneth Macleod's essay "Duatharachd na mara". The title page reads: ""Duatharachd na mara." (The Romance -- or the Mystery of the Sea) / by Kenneth Macleod "The Minister of the Songs" translated by Iain Macalastair Moffatt-Pender." [In red ink above title: NOT FOR PUBLICATION). No date, but 1927 or earlier.

Dates: [1927 or earlier]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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