Background
Matheson, Ann was born on July 5, 1940 in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland. Daughter of Alexander and Catherine (MacRae) Matheson.
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This study pays particular attention to trends in the light of the contemporary interest in the study of rhetoric and "belles lettres" in Scotland during the period of the Enlightenment. Topics covered include contemporary attitudes to the 18th-century Scottish sermon; training in rhetoric in Scotland; printed theories of pulpit rhetoric; the reflection of current literary trends; and links to contemporary developments in the fields of elocution, drama and literature.
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Matheson, Ann was born on July 5, 1940 in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland. Daughter of Alexander and Catherine (MacRae) Matheson.
Master of Arts, University St. Andrews, 1962. Diploma in Scottish Studies, University Edinburgh, 1968. Master of Letters, University Edinburgh, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, 1979. Order of the British Empire, 1998. Doctor of Letters, St. And, 1999.
Assistant keeper The National Library Scotland, Edinburgh, 1975—1983, keeper, 1983-2000. Secretary general council University Edinburgh, since 2001. General secretary Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche, 1994-2000.
Chair literature committee Scottish Arts Council, 1997-2003. Chair Consortium of European Research Libraries, since 2000, NEWSPLAN 2000, since 1999. Specialist adviser Scottish Arts Council, since 2003.
Special adviser Ligne de Bibliotheques Europeenes de Recherche, 2000^.
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Member of Scottish Library. Association (honorary), Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (honorary).
Married T. Russell Walker, November 24, 1973.