The Oldest Irish Tradition. In 1977 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Douglas Grant, Evelyn Ebsworth, Neil Campbell, Arnold Beevers, and Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox. He retired in 1979. Family He married Janet Dall Galloway on 12 August 1936. Their two children, Alastar and Stephanie, were born in the United States but brought up in Scotland. References Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Studia Celtica 14–15, pp 1–11 (1979–80). The English Placename Society Journal, Volume 23 pp 49–50 (1991). Studia Celtica 26–27, 202–212 (1991–92). Proceedings of the British Academy 80, pp 319–32 (1993 for 1991). Nomina 15, pp 127–29, 1991–2. 1909 births 1991 deaths Harvard University faculty Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Arthurian scholars Celtic studies scholars Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Linguists from England Historical linguists Oghamologists Linguists of Pictish People from Croydon Phonologists Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America People educated at Whitgift School Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh