Angus Matheson | |
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Born | Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland | 1 July 1912
Died | 2 November 1962 | (aged 50)
Education | Inverness Royal Academy |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Academic |
Known for | Professor of Celtic at the University of Glasgow |
Spouse | Sylvia Schofield (m. 1941-50) |
Relatives | William Matheson (brother) |
Angus Matheson (1 July 1912 – 2 November 1962) was the inaugural Professor of Celtic Languages and Literature at the University of Glasgow, a post he held from 1956 until his death in 1962.[1][2]
Angus Matheson was born 1 July 1912 in Harris in the Outer Hebrides to Mary Murray from Lewis and Malcolm Matheson, a minister in the United Free Church.[1][2] He grew up in Sollas, North Uist.[3][4] His elder brother was the Gaelic scholar William Matheson, an ordained minister and Reader in Celtic at the University of Edinburgh.[3]
He was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, followed by the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with an MA with first class honours in Celtic in 1934.[1] He undertook further studies as a McCaig Scholar at University College Dublin, and at the University of Bonn.[1]
On 19 December 1941, he married Sylvia Schofield, the writer and traveller, at Kingston and Surbiton Presbyterian Church.[5] They divorced in 1950.[5] He died on 2 November 1962.[citation needed]