CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WlLLARD FlSKE Endowment Cornell University Library CT205 .C39 Celtic who's who names and addresses of 3 1924 029 795 444 olin Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029795444 The Celtic Who's Who : THE CELTIC WHO'S WHO Names and Addresses of Workers Who contribute to Celtic Literature, Music or other Cultural Activities Along with other Information KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND THE F1FE5HIRE ADVERTISER LIMITED 1921 CONTENTS Preface, ; PREFACE This compilation was first suggested by the needs of the organisers of the Pan-Celtic Congress held in Edin- burgh in May, 1920. Acting as convener of the Scottish Committee for that event, the editor found that theire was in existence no list of persons who took an activp interest in such matters, either in Scotland or in any of the other Celtic countries. His resolve to meet this want was cordially approved by the leaders of the Congress circulars were issued to- all whose addresses could, be discovered, and these were invited to suggest the names of others who ought to be included. The net result is not quite up to expectation, but it is better than at first seemed probable. The Celt may not really be more shy or n.ore dilatory than men of other blood, but certainly the response to this effort has not indicated on his part any undue forwardness. Even now, after the lapse of a year and the issue of a second and a third circular, the list of Celtic authors and musicians is fa.r from full. Perhaps a second edition of the book, when called for, may be more complete. Such as it is this first Celtic Who's Who will be found useful as an authoritative book of reference, supplying the addresses of well-known workers and the principal facts regarding them. For that reason it must win the approval and support of all interested in Celtic literature. The book does not pretend to comprise the names of . living Celts who have won for themselves a position in the politics, the literature, the science, the art or the inventions of the world. Such names will be found in the ordinary biographical year-books. This handbook is concerned with those who are to'-day recognised as con- tributors to tile literature or music, or who otherwise join in the racial activities, of tine Celtic peoples. Even here, as already suggested, it is incomplete, but such as it is, PREFACE. the and from its narrower province, the work shows that Celtic mind makes a greater contribution to general liter- ature than is generally recognised. Naturally and rightly a large part of this contribution is expressed in the different Celtic languages, but not a little is in French or English, and some of the rest will yet be translated into these tongues and so made available to the world at large. It may be noted that the space occupied by the dif- ferent Celtic nationalities is curiously disproportionate. This was to be expected, for the life and sentiment of the race do not flow with equal fulness in the different countries. Already the interesting Celtic language of Cornwall has ceased to exist as a spoken tongue, and the Gaelic of the Isle of Man, that little Cinderella of the Celtic sisters, is at a low ebb. Even in Scotland, and in spite of the laudable efforts of its lovers, the ancient Gaelic is barely holding its own. But in Brittany the Breton speech shows remarkable vigour despite official discouragement ; in Ireland the native Gaelic is gaining more in print than it ifi losing in current speech, and in Wales, the ancient British or Welsh, that indomitable language that survived two great invasions, the Hainan and the Saxon, is to-day a living evidence of robust nationhood. These general facts are reflected in the following pages, with the exception that political distraction has prevented Ireland from giving here its full representation, and distance has deprived not only the Bretons but the Celts of Australia and America of their proper shares. The book lias also some value as a quite reliable, if somewhat sketchy index of1 the breadth of the Celtic field, Ordinary French and English readers have usually but a hazy notion of Celtic affairs, and, indeed, there is often apparent among the different Celtic peoples themselves a tendency to confine attention to their own immediate district, or at farthest to their own native country. But the circuit of the Celtic Fatherland must wider go. And a handbook like this, containing names and addresses and some references to the work of Celtic students in many ! PREFACE. m. lands, will help to correct the nan-owing tendency and to remind readers of the far-reaching scope and variety of the Celtic field. Further examination of the contents of the book \v : ll reveal interesting facts regarding the diverse directions in which members of the different Celtic nationalities pursue their studies ; the extraordinary differences in the ages of students, from the ruddy stripling to the, hoary sage of four-score years, and the equally marked differ- ences in the avocations of those who form this literary commonwealth. May their number increase LAOHIAN MACBEAN. ; THE CELTIC WHO'S WHO ANDERSON, Peter John, M.A., Aberdeen; LL.B., Edinburgh ; Librarian to the University. Address—University of Aberdeen. Born at Inverness. Father—Peter Anderson, Solicitor, Inverness. Mother—Agnes Shaw Grant, Aultsigh. Society—Gaelic Society of Inverness. Publications—Catalogue of the books in the Celtic Department, Aberdeen University, 1897 (2) Major Alpin's Ancestors and Descendants, 1904; (3) Records of the Scots Colleges at Douai, Rome, Madrid, Valladolid, and Ratisbon, 1906 (4) The Grammar School and Royal Academy of Inverness, 1907 (5) Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth, ; in Sir J. B. Paul's " Soots Peerage," 1910; (6) A Concise Biography of the printed and MS material on the History, Topography, and Institutions of the. Burgh, Parish, and Shire of Inverness, 1917 ; (7) Ewen MacLachlan, Librarian to Uni- versity and King's College, Aberdeen, 1918. ANWYL, Rev. John Bodvan. Bardic name "Bod- fan." National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, since Nov. 1919. Address—Bryn Elen, Tyvira Road, Pontypridd. Born June 27, 1873. Father—John Anwyl (loan Anwyl). Mother—The late Elen Anwyl. Youngest brother of the late Sir Edward Anwyl, the well-known Celtic scholar. Poet, writer, lexicographer, lecturer, preacher, translator. 12 THE CELTIC WHO'S WHO Publications—Spurrell's ' Welsh-English Dic- tionary: editions 1914, 1915, 1918. Spurrell'e English-Welsh Dictionary, edition 1916. Spur- rell's Pocket Dictionary, Welsh-English and Eng- lish-Welsh, 1919. Has translated about a dozen volumes into Welsh. Has written numerous articles, sketches, stories, etc., in Welsh. ASHBOURNE, Lord. (MacGiolla. Bride). M.A., Oxon; B.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Address—Holmwood, Surrey. Born 1868. Son of 1st Lord Ashbourne. Societies—Gaelic League, Gomunn Gaidheal- ach (Scotland), and various Welsh and other Societies. Publications—(1) Abbe de Lamennais and The Liberal Catholic Movement in France, 196 ; (2) L'Eglise Libre dans 1' Etat Libre, Deux Ideals: Lamennais et Gregoire, 1905 ; numerous articles, etc. ATHOLL, John George Stewart Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, K.T., C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. Lord Lieutenant and Hereditary Sheriff of Perth- shire. Late Grand Master Mason of Scotland. Temporary Brigadier-General in Army. Col. -Commandant Scottish Horse. Address—Blair Castle, Blair Atholl. Born 15th Dec, 1871. Father, John 7th Duke of Atholl. K.T. ; Mother, Louisa Moncreiffe, Duchess of Atholl. BALLINCER, John, M.A. (Wales). C.B.E. Librar- ian of the National Library of Wales. Address—Sherborne House, Aberystwyth. Born at Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire, 1860. Has given special attention to the collection and preservation of the literature of the Celtic peoples, and to the question of school libraries, and the organisation of the reading of children. Publications—Free Libraries and the Photo- graphic Survey of Counties, 1891 ; Books for Vil- THE CELTIC WHO'S WHO 13 lage Libraries (with F. J. Burgoyne), 1895; The Public Libraries and the Schools, an experiment, 1897 ; School Children in the PublicLibraries, a sequel, 1898 ; Vicar Prichard : A Study in Welsh Bibliography, 1899 ; The Rate Limit and the Future of Public Libraries, 1902; Children's Reading Halls, 1903; Library Politics, 1905; Guide to Cardiff, City and Port, 1908 ; numerous contribu- tions to the Literature of Libraries and to Welsh Bibliography printed in The Library, The Library Association Record, and other journals. BANTOCK, Granville, M.A. Professor of Music, Birmingham University, since 1908 • Director School of Music, Birmingham and Midland Institute since 1900. Address—The- University, Edmund Street, Bir- mingham. Born 7th August, 1868. Father, late Dr George Granville Bantock. Married Helen, d. of Her- mann von Schweitzer.— Publications "Atalanta in Calydon" ; "The " " Vale of Arden" ; Sea-Wanderers" ; Viola Son- " ata" ; Hebridean" Symphony; "The Sea-Reiv- ers"; "Omar Khayyam" ; "Sappho"; "Ferishtah's from Fancies" ; "The Vanity of Vanities" ; "Scenes the Scottish Highlands"; "The Great God Pan"; and many others. BARBIER, fils, Paul, M.A. (Lond.), B. es L. (Paris), member of the Guild of Graduates of the Uni- versity of Wales ; Professor o'f French Language and Literature and of Romance Philology in the University of Leeds since 1903 ; examiner in French, the Universities of London, Birmingham, Sheffield. Address—University of Leeds. Born, Manchester, 6th August, 1873. Son of Prof. Paul Barbier and Cecil Delaloie. Awarded chief essay prize of £50 at National Eisteddfod atNewuort for work on Welsh history in the 12th century, 1897.