Person

Matheson, Ann

1940

National LIbrary of Scotland. Annual report, 1999-2000: p. 34 (Director of General Collections, Dr Ann Matheson, OBE, MA, MLitt, PhD, DLitt). University of Edinburgh. Edit: the alumni magazine, Winter 2010: p. 35 (Dr Ann Matheson OBE is to be awarded a doctorate honoris causa for her contribution to the University as Secretary of the General Council from 2001 to 2009; was Keeper of Printed Books at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, until 2000; is Secretary-General of the the Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER) and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Library, UHI, Isle of Skye... ; research interests are in the 18th century, and she has written and co-edited books, including Scottish Gaelic union catalogue (1984), For the encouragement of learning (1989) and Theories of rhetoric (1995), and contributed articles to a wide range of national and international scholarly and professional journals). Matheson, Ann was born on July 5, 1940 in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland