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2 unusual facts about Alexander Macbain


Alexander Macbain

He was responsible for two popular textbooks, Gaelic Reader and, together with John Whyte, How to Learn Gaelic.

As a teenager, he taught for half a year at the Dunmullie School in Boat of Garten (1870–71), attended Baldow School in Badenoch, was employed by the Ordnance Survey in Scotland and Wales (1871–74) and returned to Baldow School for another term.



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