Norman Heathcote
Norman Heathcote | |
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Born | 21 June 1863 |
Died | 16 July 1946 | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Author, watercolourist, photographer |
Known for | St Kilda (1900) |
John Norman Heathcote (21 June 1863 – 16 July 1946) was a British author, watercolourist and photographer, who wrote the book St Kilda, published in 1900, about the Scottish Hebridean archipelago of St Kilda.
Family and biography
Norman Heathcote was the second child and eldest son of John Moyer Heathcote and Louisa Cecilia MacLeod who married in 1860. His father (whose mother was the youngest daughter of Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne) was a barrister and distinguished amateur player of real tennis.[1] His mother was the eldest child of Norman Macleod, 25th chief of Clan Macleod. As a child Norman lived in London, Brighton and at Conington Castle.[2]
Heathcote was born in 1863 and attended
St Kilda
St Kilda
In 1898 and again in 1899 Heathcote visited the archipelago with his sister, Evelyn. At that time
It included eighty of his own illustrations – photographs (taken with a handheld camera), sketches, paintings and a map.[10][11] He was the first to record several bird species on the islands.[12] The book deals with the people of St Kilda, their history and customs; the wildlife (particularly birds) and his and his sister's experiences boating and climbing with the St Kildans.[8][13]In 1898 Heathcote and his sister arrived after a four-hour voyage on the Martin Orme steamer SS Dunara Castle for a stay of ten days.[14][15] Dunara and the McCallum steamer Hebrides between them visited about once a fortnight but only in the three summer months.[16][17] There were about twenty visitors, some were tourists but others had arrived to start building the new schoolhouse – until that time lessons had been given in the kirk.[18] In 1898 Evelyn laid the foundation stone and by the time of their 1899 visit the school had been completed and the kirk had been completely renovated.[note 3][19] The resident population numbered seventy and most spoke only Gaelic although the children were taught English at school.[note 4][20]
In 1899 their visit lasted two months and in July Heathcote and Evelyn were rowed to
Journal articles
He also published a paper "A Map of St Kilda" in the
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Hirta and Soay
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Boreray
Publications
- Heathcote, J Norman (February 1900). "A Map of St Kilda". Geographical Journal. 15 (2): 142–144, 204. JSTOR 1774585.
- Heathcote, Norman (1900). St Kilda. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
- Heathcote, Norman (1985). St. Kilda with 80 Illustrations from Sketches and Photographs of the People, Scenery and Birds by the Author (reprint of 1900 ed.). Edinburgh: Rowll Press.
- Heathcote, Norman (May 1901). "Climbing in St Kilda". Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. 6 (5): 147–152. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
Notes
- ^ Evelyn was three years younger. He also had an elder sister who died in 1880 and a younger brother.
- Nabu Press, and others.
- ^ Services (in Gaelic) lasted from two hours to over three hours.
- ^ Evelyn had some knowledge of Gaelic.
- ^ Heathcote did not climb Biorach.
- ^ The map was in both book and journal. In the book he thanks the Royal Geographical Society for permission to publish it.
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33794. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISBN 9781108036139.
- ^ "No. 29982". The London Gazette. 13 March 1917. p. 2508.
- ^ "The Manor of Gidding and Weldon". Hamerton and Steeple Gidding. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Armstrong, Alan. "OT: 12 August 1933 – The MacCrimmon Memorials". Pipe Major John Grant. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014. reproducing Oban Times. 12 August 1933
- ^ "Bibliography". St Kilda, World Heritage Site. National Trust for Scotland. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "School Children, St. Kilda". Am Baile, History and Culture. Am Baile/The Gaelic Village, Highland Libraries. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ a b Heathcote (1900b).
- ^ Heathcote (1985).
- from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), p. vi.
- ^ Harvie-Brown, J.A. (January 1903). "On the Avifauna of the Outer Hebrides, 1888 – 1902" (PDF). Annals of Scottish Natural History. 45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Literary Notes". Otago Witness. No. 2437. 28 November 1900. p. 67. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 5–9, 48, 65.
- ^ "S.S. Dunara Castle". Am Baile. Highland libraries. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
"St Kilda – Communications". St Kilda. National Trust for Scotland. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014. - ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 203–204.
- ^ a b c d e Heathcote (1901).
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 6–9, 94.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), p. 96.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 21, 77, 79.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), p. 108.
- ^ Heathcote (1900a), p. 142.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), p. 140.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 112–115.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), pp. 122–125.
- ^ Heathcote (1900b), p. 142.
- ^ Barrington, R.M. "The Ascent of Stack na Biorach". Alpine Journal. 27: 195.
- ^ Heathcote (1900a).
- ^ Heathcote (1900a), p. 143.