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John Francis Campbell

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Born: December 28 1821

Died: 1616 02 18851885

John Francis Campbell , also known as Young John of Islay , was a Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies. He was an authority on Celtic folklore and of the Gaelic peoples. He also invented a sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder. He was heir to the island of Islay, until his father was forced to sell his estate in 1847.

With the assistance of contemporary scholars, such as Hector MacLean, Hector Urquhart, John Dewar and Alexander Carmichael, Campbell amassed a vast collection of original manuscripts related to Gaelic language and literature, which was later published as Popular Tales of the West Highlands .

John Francis Campbell

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 28 1821

Died: 1616 02 18851885

John Francis Campbell , also known as Young John of Islay , was a Scottish author and scholar who specialised in Celtic studies. He was an authority on Celtic folklore and of the Gaelic peoples. He also invented a sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder. He was heir to the island of Islay, until his father was forced to sell his estate in 1847.

With the assistance of contemporary scholars, such as Hector MacLean, Hector Urquhart, John Dewar and Alexander Carmichael, Campbell amassed a vast collection of original manuscripts related to Gaelic language and literature, which was later published as Popular Tales of the West Highlands .

Books from John Francis Campbell

The Celtic Dragon Myth

Cuentos de las Tierras Altas Escocesas

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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 1

Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 2

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Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected, Part 4

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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 3 of 4

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The Celtic Dragon Myth, with The Geste of Fraoch

Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 4

The Celtic Dragon Myth - Illustrated

Notes on the Stature of Lapps

Popular Tales of the West Highlands

More West Highland Tales, Volume 2

Gille a' Bhuidseir = the Wizard's Gillie: and Other Tales

More West Highland Tales, Volume 1

Popular Tales of the West Highlands; orally collected,: Vol. IV- Postscript Ossianic Controversy-British Tradition, Prose and Poetry-Mythology-Highland Dress Celtic Ornament, etc. etc.

The Parallel Roads of Lochaber.

Parallel Roads of Lochaber

Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volumes I - IV (Four-volume collection of Scottish folklore translated from Gaelic)

The Big Book of Celtic Magic (The Greatest Collection 17)