Donald Macleod Matheson
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| Born | 20 June 1896 |
| Died | 14 January 1979 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Translator, scholar |
| Title | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Donald Macleod Matheson (occasionally only MacLeod Matheson)
Traditionalist School as a translator and author, he founded The Matheson Trust for the study of comparative religion
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Life
Born into an aristocratic Scottish family,Perennialist authors for many years, and his translations of French works by Schuon and Burckhardt were published in the UK, India and Pakistan.[2] Some of his translations were made in collaboration with Buddhist scholar Marco Pallis.
Works
Books
- The National Trust: A Record of Fifty Years' Achievement (contributor). London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1946.
- Places of Natural Beauty (National Trust Guide). London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1950.
- Science and the Myth of Progress (one chapter contributed), Bloomington, IN: ISBN 978-0 941532-47-1).
Articles
- "The Control of National Parks", The Observer, 23 June 1946, p. 4.
- Articles contributed to Tomorrow (later Studies in Comparative Religion):
- "Knowledge and KNOWLEDGE". Tomorrow 12, no. 2, (1964): 115-118.
- "Psycho-Analysis and Spirituality". Tomorrow 13, no. 2, (1965): 103-108.
- "Two Indian Saints". Tomorrow 13, no. 3, (1965): 38-41.
Translations
- Schuon, Frithjof, Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts. London: Faber and Faber, 1954 (reprinted by Sophia Perennis under ISBN 978-0-900588-01-3).
- ———, Castes and Races, trans. Marco Pallis and Macleod Matheson. Pates Manor, Bedfont, Middlesex: Perennial Books, 1959.
- ———, Language of the Self, trans. Marco Pallis and Macleod Matheson. Madras: Ganesh, 1959.
- ———, Understanding Islam. London: Allen & Unwin, 1963, 1976, 1979; Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1972.
- Burckhardt, Titus, An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers Ltd, 1976 (new edition by ISBN 978-1-933316-50-5).
See also
- Sufism
- Perennial Philosophy
- Frithjof Schuon
- Titus Burckhardt
- Martin Lings
- The Matheson Trust
- World Wisdom
External links
References
- ^ World Wisdom author bio
- ^ a b c "MATHESON, Donald Macleod" in Who Was Who. London: A & C Black, 1920–2008. Online ed., Oxford: OUP, 2007. http://www.ukwhoswho.com.ipac.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U157266[permanent dead link] (accessed 16 September 2011).
- ^ Official 1945 record in the London Gazette. See also the article "The National Trust" in The Observer (29 July 1945), p. 4, mentioning his retirement.
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