John Francis Campbell

John Francis Campbell

John Francis Campbell (Iain Frangan Caimbeul, known in Scottish Gaelic as Iain Òg Ìle ('Young John of Islay'); born in Islay, 29 December 1821 - died in Cannes, 17 February 1885), Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission. He was an authority on Celtic folk-lore, and published the bilingual "Popular Tales of the West Highlands" (4 vols., 1860-62), and Gaelic various texts.

Campbell also invented the sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder.

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