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COMPILED GAELIC DICTIONARY
Death of Man Who Taught Himself
Printing
MR EDWARD DWELLY, a genealogist, who
aught himself printing and published works
>n the Gaelic language and on parish
egisters and pedigrees, died on Wednesday
t his home at Fleet, Hampshire, aged 74.
Formerly a bank clerk in London, he comaled,
printed, and published, single-handed,
Gaelic dictionary of over 1000 pages and
;ith 675 illustrations. For this he was awarded
Civil List pension.
His books were widely read by genealogists
nd excited widespread interest in America.
lr Dwelly, who had an index of about 500,000
lips of references to names for family
istories. was a member of many societies
oth at home and abroad interested in
;enealogy.