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Derick Thomson

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Gender Male
Death11 years ago
Date of birth August 5,1921
Zodiac sign Leo
Born United Kingdom
Date of died March 21,2012
DiedGlasgow
United Kingdom
Job Poet
Education Bangor University
University of Aberdeen
University of Cambridge
Edited worksBards and Makars: Scottish Language and Literature : Medieval and Renaissance
Awards Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the British Academy
Derek Allen Prize
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Plundering the harp
The New English-Gaelic Dictionary
An rathad cian
Freedom and the Eagle
Bramble of hope: poems
Bardachd Na Roinn Eorpa an Gaidhlig
Sùil air fàire: dain ùra
Gaelic Learners Handbook
The Far Road
Why Gaelic Matters: A Short Discussion of the History and Significance of Gaelic and Its Related Arts in Scottish Life
The Future of the Highlands
Mar Chomharra: Ruaraidh MacThòmais Aig 90 = Derick Thomson at 90: A Celebration
The Gaelic Sources of Macpherson's Ossian
An Introduction to Gaelic Poetry
The Companion to Gaelic Scotland
Gaelic Learner's Handbook: A Compendium of Vocabulary, Phrases, Sentences and Passages Arranged Under Subject-headings, with Glossary
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Derick Thomson Life story


Derick Smith Thomson was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He was originally from Lewis, but spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the University of Glasgow from 1963 to 1991.

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