James Logan (1797 - 1872)

James Logan

James Logan is a Scottish writer.

Logan studied at the Royal Academy in London, worked as a journalist, and then began to study Gaelic culture. Logan's major work was The Scottish Gael, or Celtic Manners Preserved among the Highlanders (2 volumes), published in 1831, it was dedicated to William IV. He also wrote the texts for The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845, with colorful illustrations by Robert McIan (1803-1856).