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Edward Dwelly (1864–1939) was an English lexicographer and genealogist. He created the authoritative dictionary of Scottish Gaelic, and his work has had an influence on Irish Gaelic lexicography. He also practised as a professional genealogist and published transcripts of many original documents relating to Somerset. ==Biography== Born in Twickenham, Middlesex, in England, he became interested in Scottish Gaelic after being stationed in Scotland with the army and working with the Ordnance Survey. He began collecting words at the age of seventeen and was also a keen bagpiper. He released the dictionary in sections from 1901 onwards and the first full edition of his ''Illustrated Gaelic Dictionary'' in 1911 under the pen name of Eoghann MacDhòmhnaill (Ewen MacDonald) fearing that his work would not be well accepted under his own obviously English name. He continued collating entries from older dictionaries and also recording thousands of new words, both from publications and from his travels in the Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland. He illustrated, printed, bound and marketed his dictionary with help from his children and wife Mary McDougall (from Kilmadock) whom he had married in 1896, herself a native Gaelic speaker, teaching himself the skills required. In 1912, Dwelly self-published his ''Compendium of Notes on the Dwelly Family'', a 54-page genealogical work on the Dwelly family from a John Duelye in 1229, mainly covering Britain, but with an American section, and pedigrees and parish register extracts with supporting notes. He subsequently gained a state pension from Edward VII for his work. In later life, alienated by the attitude of some people in Scotland, both Gaels and non-speakers, he returned to England, leaving behind his great legacy and dying in obscurity. In 1991, the late Dr Douglas Clyne sourced several manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland which were published by him as ''Appendix to Dwelly's Gaelic-English Dictionary'', over half of the entries being from "A-to-D" alone but containing additional information not published in Dwelly's lifetime. His life has been little researched, the best being the biographical introduction by Peter Berresford Ellis in Clyne's ''Appendix''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Dwelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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