Alexander Macbain
Alexander MacBain | |
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| Born | July 22, 1855 Balguish, Glenfeshie, Scotland (now Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland) |
| Died | 4 April 1907 (aged 51) Stirling, Scotland |
| Known for | work in Scottish Gaelic linguistics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Celtic studies, linguistics |
Alexander MacBain (or Alexander Macbain; 22 July 1855 – 4 April 1907) was a Scottish philologist, best known today for An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (1896).