George Calder (5 June 1859, Durris – 1941) studied Latin and Greek at Aberdeen University and later Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He acquired Gaelic when working as a missionary in Perthshire. He published editions of older Irish texts, A Gaelic Grammar (1923), and editions of poetry by Duncan Bàn Macintyre and William Ross. He was appointed lecturer in Celtic at Glasgow University in 1912 and remained in post until 1935.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘The Bard of Glenorchy’ [essay], Volume IV, Issue 3 (Summer 1907)
- ‘Whitley Stokes’ [obituary], Volume VI, Issue 3 (Summer 1909)