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Rachel Annand Taylor
Rachel Annand Taylor (3 April 1876 – 15 August 1960) was a Scottish people, Scottish poet, prominent in the Celtic Revival, and later a biographer and literary critic. Life and work Born in Aberdeen to stonemason John Annand and his wife Clarinda Dinnie, Rachel Annand was one of the first women to study at Aberdeen University, where her tutor was Herbert Grierson. Later she taught at Aberdeen High School for Girls on a site which is now Harlaw Academy and carries a yellow plaque commemorating her. Although she never took her degree, she was awarded an honorary Legum Doctor, LLD from Aberdeen University in 1943. Rachel Annand married Alexander C. Taylor in 1901 and lived in Dundee, mixing in Celtic Revival circles. In 1905 they were on the Hebridean island of Eriskay, to which she later devoted a poem. Also resident there at the time was John Duncan (painter), John Duncan, who was to paint her portrait two years later. In this she is standing in front of a tapestry wearing a smo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Annand Taylor
Rachel Annand Taylor (3 April 1876 – 15 August 1960) was a Scottish people, Scottish poet, prominent in the Celtic Revival, and later a biographer and literary critic. Life and work Born in Aberdeen to stonemason John Annand and his wife Clarinda Dinnie, Rachel Annand was one of the first women to study at Aberdeen University, where her tutor was Herbert Grierson. Later she taught at Aberdeen High School for Girls on a site which is now Harlaw Academy and carries a yellow plaque commemorating her. Although she never took her degree, she was awarded an honorary Legum Doctor, LLD from Aberdeen University in 1943. Rachel Annand married Alexander C. Taylor in 1901 and lived in Dundee, mixing in Celtic Revival circles. In 1905 they were on the Hebridean island of Eriskay, to which she later devoted a poem. Also resident there at the time was John Duncan (painter), John Duncan, who was to paint her portrait two years later. In this she is standing in front of a tapestry wearing a smo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
