F. Marian McNeill
F. Marian McNeill | |
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| Born | 26 March 1885 Holm, Orkney |
| Died | 22 February 1973 (aged 87) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | author, suffragette |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Subject | folklore, cookery |
| Notable works | The Silver Bough The Scots Kitchen |
Florence Marian McNeill MBE (26 March 1885 - 22 February 1973) was s a Scottish folklorist, best known for writing The Silver Bough (not to be confused with The Golden Bough), a four-volume study of Scottish folklore.
Biography
McNeill was born in Holm, Orkney on 26 March 1885 to Jessie Janet Dewar and the Reverend Daniel McNeill, a minister of the Free Kirk in Orkney.[1] She was educated at Kirkwall Burgh School, where she was friends with poet Edwin Muir.[1]
In 1912 she graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MA.[2][3] For the next year, she taught English in France and Germany.
She returned to the UK in 1913 and worked initially as an organiser for the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies, and later as secretary for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene in London where she remained until 1917.[1] At the end of the World War I, she lived in Greece for a while. After that, she moved back to Edinburgh and started work as a researcher for the Scottish National Dictionary, and by 1929 she had become principal assistant on the project.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
She was one of the early members of the Scottish National Party and later became its vice president.[1]
A smaller work, equally well researched is her Iona: A History of the Island. Noting the "much detail" which characterised works on the subject already in existence in 1920, a "modest handbook" was nowhere to be found; a deficiency she set about rectifying.
In 1962 she was awarded an MBE for services to Scottish culture. She died in Edinburgh on 22 February 1973.
Bibliography
- McNeill, F. Marian (1957–1968). The Silver Bough, Vol. 1-4. William MacLellan, Glasgow. Paperback edition, ISBN 0-86241-231-5
- The Scots Kitchen. Paperback: 259 pages Mercat Press; New edition (25 Oct 2004) ISBN 1-84183-070-4
- Iona: A History of the Island. Hardback Blackie & Son. 1st Edition 1920, 2nd Edition 1935, 3rd Edition 1946, Later updates ISBN 9780216893245
References
- The National, October 15 2018
- ^ a b c d The National, October 15 2018
- ^ "Biography of Florence Marian McNeill". The University of Glasgow Story. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Florence Marian McNeill | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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