See also:JOHN See also:FRANCIS See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- JOHN FRANCIS CAMPBELL
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
CAMPBELL
, 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
.
See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
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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