Talk by D. J. MacLeod , D.Litt.
This afternoon's speaker, who holds' an important educational appointment in Scotland, is one of the outstanding personalities in Gaelic life. In the course of his work Dr. MacLeod has to travel all over the Highland areas of Scotland, and he is consequently brought into touch with the many types of Highlander for whom he is so well qualified to speak.
Dr. MacLeod was born in Lewis, and is a Gaelic scholar of exceptional distinction. He holds the French degree of Docteur de Lettres. which was bestowed upon him by the University of Rennes in 1929 for his translation into French of Duncan Ban Maclntyre 's Gaelic poems.