John Fraser (Celticist)

John Fraser (Celticist)

John Fraser (1882 - 18 May 1945) was Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford.

He was born in Inverness and studied at the University of Aberdeen, Trinity College Cambridge and the University of Jena. After lecturing in Celtic at Aberdeen University, he was appointed to the Oxford Professorship in 1921. He held the position until his death in 1945.

He had a particular research interest in Scottish Gaelic and Scottish place name studies, but left no substantial work beyond his many contributions to learned periodicals. His papers are now held by Aberdeen University. [ [http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0508fraser.html Brief biography and details of Fraser's archive at Aberdeen University (accessed 18 February 2007)] ]

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