Iseabail Macleod
Iseabail Macleod MBE (27 May 1936 in Dalmuir – 15 February 2018 in Edinburgh[1]) was a Scottish lexicographer. Iseabail Macleod was Editorial Director of the Scottish National Dictionary Association from 1986 to 2002. Dying on 15 February 2018, she was cremated on 5 March.[2]
Awards and honours
- MBE for services to Scottish dictionaries in the 2001 New Year Honours[3]
- Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies[4]
Publications
- Concise English-Scots Dictionary
- Edinburgh Pocket Guide
- Pocket Guide to Scottish Words
- Scoor-oot: A Dictionary of Scots Words and Phrases in Current Use
- Scots Thesaurus
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Scotland
- The Pocket Guide to Scottish Words
- The Pocket Scots Dictionary
References
- url=http://www.imacleod.com/Ish/
- "Iseabail Macleod". The Herald. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "MBEs M - R". BBC News. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Iseabail Macleod and J. Derrick McClure (editors) :: Authors :: Birlinn Ltd". www.birlinn.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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