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111Matthew Armour — Rev. Matthew Armour (12 April 1820 – 23 March 1903) was a radical Free Church of Scotland minister on the island of Sanday, Orkney, remembered to this day for supporting the island’s crofters. Rev matthew armour c1900.jpg The Rev Matthew Armour… …
112BBC Radio Orkney — Infobox Radio Station name = BBC Radio Orkney city = Kirkwall area = Orkney branding = slogan = airdate = frequency = 93.7 MHz share = share as of = share source = format = News, Music, Sport, Talk power = erp = class = callsign meaning = owner …
113Rift lake — A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust. They are often found within rift valleys and may be very deep. Rift lakes may be… …
114John D. Mackay — (1909, Maeback, Papa Westray, Orkney [cite news | title=Of knickery and gablos | work=Living Orkney | author=Ian W. Skea | date=February 2007 | accessdate=] ), Orcadian school teacher, taught on Stronsay and North Ronaldsay before working as… …
115Storer Clouston — Joseph Storer Clouston (23 May1870, Cumberland 23 June1944, Orkney) was an Orcadian author and historian. J S Clouston OBE, the son of physician Sir Thomas Clouston, was from an old Orkney family , according to his obituary in The Scotsman .… …
116William Towrie Cutt — (January 26, 1898 Sanday, Orkney – 1981) was an Orcadian author.His titles include: : On the Trail of Long Tom (1970): Seven for the Sea (1972) – set in Sanday: Message from Arkmae (1972) – set in Sanday: Faraway World (1977) – an autobiography… …
117Hugh Marwick — Dr Hugh Marwick (30 November 1881, Rousay, Orkney ndash; 21 May 1965, Kirkwall) was an Orcadian scholar noted for his research on the Orkney Norn.His MA was from the University of Edinburgh, who awarded his D.Litt in 1926 after he had worked many …
118Ernest Marwick — Ernest Walker Marwick (1915 1977) was an Orcadian writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history. He was born in the Orkney parish of Evie.From 1955 to 1960 he was on the staff of the Orkney Herald newspaper.Ernest Marwick was a… …
119List of Welsh writers — is an incomplete alphabetical list of Welsh writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language.This is a subsidiary list to the List of Welsh people.: See also A*Dannie Abse (born 1923) poet …
120Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson — Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson, a.k.a. Thorbjorn the Clerk, Orcadian pirate, executed 1158.Thorbjorn was married to the sister of Sweyn Asleifsson, but they first quarrelled after Sweyn attacked the tower of Thorbjorn s grandmother Frakkok of Sutherland …
