Lachlan MacBean | Lachlann MacBheathain (6 November 1853, Kiltarlity – 24 January 1931, Kirkcaldy) was a journalist and editor of the Fifeshire Advertiser and Gaelic author. His publications include The Hymns of the Gael. He served as the convener of the Scottish Committee of the 1921 pan-Celtic congress, which was held in Edinburgh, and compiled the directory The Celtic Who’s Who (Kircaldy: The Fifeshire Advertiser Ltd, 1921). He was also the president of the Scottish Gaelic Academy.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Seann Rìoghachd Fiobh: Ainmean nan Àitean’ [essay, GD], Volume XII, Issue 4 (Winter 1915)
- ‘Gàidhlig Ghlan’ [article, GD], Volume XIX, Issue I (Winter 1923)
- ‘Dùghall Bochanan’ [essay, GD], Volume XIX, Issue II (Spring 1924)
- ‘The Regeneration of the Anglo-Saxon’ [essay, ENG], Issue 79, Volume 38 (Autumn 1915)
- ‘Buaidh na Gàidhlig air Beurla nan Gall’ [essay, GD], Volume 1917
- ‘Litreachas Gall-Gàidhealach’ [essay, GD], Volume 1918
- ‘An Saoghal Eile ann an Rìoghachd Fiob’ [essay, GD], Volume 1921, illustrated by Stewart Carmichael
- ‘Easbhuidh Nuadh: Eòl-Chuairt Gàidhlig’ [essay, GD], Volume 1930
- ‘Iain Mac Mhurchaidh, 1818-1903’ [article, GD], Issue 1 (3 January 1920)
- ‘Easbhuidh Nuadh: Eòl-chuirt Gàidhlig’ [essay, GD], Issue 2, Volume I (December 1927)