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- 55
Top works
- Prospectus of a railway between Edinburgh and the port of Leith
- Remarks on Emigration from the United Kingdom
- Old-Irish paradigms
- Key Concepts In Romantic Literature
- Explorations and adventures in New Guinea
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Scotland
- Active from
- 1875
- Active to
- 1958
Discography
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John Strachan (1875 - 1958) was a Scottish farmer and singer of Bothy Ballads. John Strachan was born on a farm, Crichie, near Stuartfield in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was a "tradition bearer" and one of the last generation to sing traditional songs in bothies. John Strachan had a repertoire of songs that had been passed down by word of mouth, probably in this same locality, for over 200 years. Bob Dylan recorded "Peggy O" on his first album in 1962 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+St
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Aberdeen
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- Anglican priest
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- John Strachan.jpg
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- John Strachan
- date of death
- 1867-11-01
- date of birth
- 1778-04-12
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of
- American Antiquarian Society
- place of burial
- Cathedral Church of St. James
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