Ewen MacLachlan

Ewen MacLachlan (Gaelic: Eòghann MacLachlainn){{cite web|title=BBC ALBA – Bliadhna nan Òran – Òrain : Sgrìobhaichean, Eòghann MacLachlainn|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/people/eoghann_maclachlainn/|access-date=24 May 2017}} (1775Some sources give 1773 as MacLachlan's birth year.–1822) was a Scottish scholar and poet. He is noted for his translations of ancient Classical literature into Gaelic, for his own Gaelic verse, and for his contribution to Gaelic dictionaries.

MacLachlan is considered one of the most important figures in the preservation of Gaelic as a written language and written literature.

Life

MacLachlan was born in Lochaber, and educated at Aberdeen University. He was librarian to University and Kings College, Aberdeen from 1800–1818, and headmaster of Aberdeen grammar school from 1810–1822. He translated the first eight books of Homer's Iliad into Gaelic. He also composed and published his own Gaelic Attempts in Verse (1807) and Metrical Effusions (1816), and contributed greatly to the 1828 Gaelic–English Dictionary.

Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation)

In 2021, Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation) was founded at the University of Aberdeen, to promote and enhance translation out of and into Gaelic, and was named in MacLachlan's honour.{{Cite web |title=Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn |url=https://gaelictranslation.org/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn |language=en}}

References

Anderson, Peter John. Ewen MacLachlan: Librarian to University and Kings College, Aberdeen, 1800-1818. Aberdeen: University Press, 1918.

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[https://books.google.com/books?id=f899xH_quaMC&pg=PA1222 Ewen MacLachlan] in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
[https://books.google.com/books?id=epNYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ewen+MacLachlan%22+lochaber&pg=PA533 Ewen MacLachlan] in The Poets and Poetry of Scotland
[https://books.google.com/books?id=vIQNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Ewen+MacLachlan%22+lochaber&pg=PA321 Ewen MacLachlan] in Sar-obair nam Bard Gaelach, or The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards, edited by John Mackenzie
[https://gaelictranslation.org/ Ionad Eòghainn MhicLachlainn (The National Centre for Gaelic Translation)]