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CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 130 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAMPBELL, See also:JOHN See also:FRANCIS , of See also:Islay (1822—1885), Gaelic See also:scholar, was See also:born on the 29th of See also:December 1822, See also:heir to the beautiful Isle of Islay, on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Argyllshire. Of this See also:inheritance he never became possessed, as the See also:estate had to be sold by his See also:father, and he began See also:life under greatly changed conditions. Educated at See also:Eton and at See also:Edinburgh University, he occupied at various times several See also:minor See also:government posts. His leisure was largely employed in See also:collecting, translating and editing the See also:folklore of the western See also:Highlands, taken down from the lips of the natives. The results of his investigations were published in four volumes under the See also:title Popular Tales of the West Highlands (186o—1862), and See also:form a most important contribution to the subject, the necessary precursor to the subsequent Gaelic revival in See also:Great See also:Britain. Campbell was also devoted to See also:geology and other scientific pursuits, and he invented the See also:sunshine See also:recorder, used in most of the See also:British meteorological stations. He died at See also:Cannes on the 17th of See also:February 1885.

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