Hugh Marwick (30 November 1881,

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, Orkney,

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– 21 May 1965,

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) was a Scottish scholar noted for his research on the Orkney

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. His MA was from the

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, who awarded his

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in 1926 after he had worked many years on his doctoral thesis, the basis for his book ''The Orkney Norn''. While researching and writing, he was also headmaster of

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(then called the Burgh School). He was appointed in 1914 after some years teaching in

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, and continued as headmaster until 1929, when he was made director of the Orkney Education Committee, a post he held until 1946. Dr Marwick was one of the founders of the

Orkney Antiquarian Society The Orkney Antiquarian Society was founded in 1922 by Dr. Hugh Marwick, Archdeacon James Brown Craven, Joseph Storer Clouston and John Mooney, and continued in existence for 17 years. Its focus of interest was the history and archaeology of Ork ...

in 1922 with fellow Orcadian and Norse enthusiast John Mooney JP, FSA (Scot) and was its secretary for 17 years, during which he contributed papers to its ''Proceedings''. He was also a Fellow of the

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. He was appointed an Officer of the

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in 1965.

Works

* ''The Orkney Norn'' (1926

D.Litt. Thesis, 1929

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) * ''The Place Names of Rousay'' (1947) *''Orkney'' (1951) *''Orkney Farm-Names'' (1952) 1881 births 1965 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish antiquarians Scottish linguists Linguists of Norn Schoolteachers from Lancashire People from Orkney Orcadian culture Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 20th-century antiquarians {{UK-linguist-stub