John Mactaggart (writer)
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John Mactaggart (writer)
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John Mactaggart was a Scottish writer and engineer born near Plunton Castle in the parish of Borgue. He is best known for writing The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, a wide-ranging and idiosyncratic reference work covering local words, places, traditions, and songs collected in and around Galloway. Mactaggart studied at the University of Edinburgh for one session but didn't return. Away from Edinburgh he "learned the engineering", working on John Rennie's Plymouth Breakwater. Through this wor
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Scottish author and engineer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mactaggart_(writer)
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2023-07-03T10:32:52Z
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2024-08-31T02:10:45Z
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