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Lachlan Macbean

Short Name: Lachlan Macbean
Full Name: Macbean, L. (Lachlan), 1853-1931
Birth Year: 1853
Death Year: 1931

Born: November 6, 1853, Tigh-na-coille Kiltarlity, Invernessshire, Scotland.
Died: January 24, 1931, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

Macbean edited The Fifeshire Advertiser in Kirkcaldy. He was actively involved in resurrecting almost forgotten Gaelic songs. His works include:

Kirkcaldy Burgh Records
Lessons on Gaelic
Songs and Hymns of the Gael (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1888)

Sources:
Reynolds, p. 364

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macbean_l.htm

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