JOHN

See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

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