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Robertson, Charles, 1864-1927 (Reverend)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Celtic Class Notes, 1890-1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW23
Scope and Contents

2 volumes of celtic class notes taken by Rev Charles Robertson. It is likely that the lectures in these notebooks were delivered by Donald Mackinnon. Contents include gaelic translations, gaelic phonetics, proverbs and riddles, old gaelic hymns, literature and philology.

Dates: 1890-1891

Etymological Notes, 1890-1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW24
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2 notebooks containing Etymological and Philological Notes by Alexander MacBain. Also included in notebook headed, 'Philological Notes', are a number of newspaper cuttings containing a report of the Hibbert Lectures, delivered by Professor Sir John Rhys (1840-1915) on 'The Origin and Growth of Religion as illustrated by Celtic Heathendom'.

Dates: 1890-1891

Miscellaneous Notes by Rev Charles Robertson, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW13
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing miscellaneous notes by the Reverend Charles Robertson. Contents include a list of Gaelic loan-words, notes on aspiration, eclipsis and phonetics, sources of information concerning old Gaelic beliefs and lists of grammatical stems.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Notebook, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW20
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Notebook marked, 'Notes probably class lectures, chiefly linguistic, by Professor Mackinnon. The book was written by the Rev Charles Robertson when he was a student.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Notes on Gaelic Grammar and Vocabulary, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW16
Scope and Contents Notebook containing notes on Gaelic Grammar and Vocabulary. It is likely that these are class notes produced by the Rev Charles Robertson from Donald Mackinnon's lectures in the Celtic Department at Edinburgh University. This is possibly not the original notebook but a copy of Robertson's work. The notebook includes, notes on 'The Celt in English Art' taken from an article by Grant Allen in the Fortnightly Review February, 1891, pp267. Also notes on Old...
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Notes on the Culdees and Their Rules, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW14
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Notebook containing notes on the Culdees and their Rules, by the Rev Charles Robertson. The contents are derived from Dr Reeves, On the Culdees' in Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy Vol. XXIV, Antiquities Part 1. The Culdee or Céli Dé was an ancient monastic order with settlements in Ireland and Scotland.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

The Carmichael-Watson Collection

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Identifier: Coll-97
Scope and Contents The Carmichael-Watson Collection consists of papers belonging to the Reverend Alexander Cameron of Arran, Alexander Carmichael, civil servant and folklorist, Alexander MacBain of Inverness, and Professor William John Watson and his son James Carmichael Watson, along with books and papers belonging to the Reverend Charles Robertson of Jura, the Reverend Angus MacDonald, the Reverend Archibald MacDonald and the Reverend Father Allan McDonald of Eriskay. These include: invocations...
Dates: 18th century - mid 20th century

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