| surname | Thomson / MacThòmais |
| forenames | Derick Smith / Ruairidh |
| title | Professor |
| life | 1921–2012 |
| origin | Lewis |
| notes | From Companion to Gaelic Scotland – “Born Stornoway. Son of James Thomson. Lecturer in Welsh, Glasgow; Reader in Celtic, Aberdeen; Professor of Celtic, Glasgow, since 1864; co-founder and Editor of the literary journal Gairm; Chairman, Gaelic Books Council; first recipient of Ossian Prize (1974). Author of numerous books and articles on Gaelic topics – for example, James MacPherson’s ‘Ossian’, the MacMhuirich’s, medieval professional classes, twentieth-century verse, including An Introduction to Gaelic Poetry (1974).” |
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