John Herries McCulloch

John Herries McCulloch (31 December 1892 - 27 November 1978) was a Scottish journalist and author.[1][2] He attended Dumfries Academy and emigrated to Canada at age 17 to find employment.[2] He worked at several labouring jobs before attending and graduating from the University of Toronto.[2] After graduating, he worked as a journalist in Manitoba before becoming a columnist at the Toronto Star.[2]

He returned to Scotland and joined The Scotsman.[2] He edited The Gallovidian Annual following Dorothy Margaret Paulin and modernised its production.

In addition to his journalistic work, he was an authority on sheep dogs.

Works

  • Romantic Gretna Hall (1900)
  • The Men of Kildonan: a romance of the Selkirk settlers (1926)
  • The Splendid Renegade (1928)
  • Dark Acres (1935)
  • The Scot in England (193)
  • Ten Day Trial (1936)
  • The Edinburgh Savings Bank: a review of its century of service, with Kenneth James Stirling (1936)
  • A Million Miles in Sail: being the story of the sea career of Captain C. C. Dixon (1937)
  • Sheep Dogs and their Masters: being a history of the Border collie together with some notes about the men who have developed the breed (1938)
  • Back Road to Glory (1944)
  • Border Collie Studies (1952)
  • Galloway: ancient and beautiful kingdom of the Solway Firth (1953)
  • North Range: a record of hard living and adventure on the colourful northern rim of the British Empire (1954)
  • Galloway Heather (1955)
  • The Charm of Scotland (1960)
  • Old Shetland: a tale of love and land-hunger (1969)
  • Midget: the tale of a border collie (1976)

References

  1. ^ "Deaths, Funerals". The Scotsman. 30 November 1978. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b c d e Taylor, Wilfred (18 December 1978). "Appearances are deceptive". The Scotsman. p. 8.
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