Background
Blair was born in Bullwood, Dunoon, Scotland, the son of Duncan Blair and Margaret Campbell.
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Robert Blair
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Education
He was educated at Bowmore School, Islay, then Glasgow University where he gained an Master of Arts
Career
A baptismal font honoring Blair was installed by the parishioners in the church at Cambuslang in 1908. Blair was also memorialized by a bust in Saint Columba"s Church, Glasgow and a window in Iona Abbey. Blair edited the Gaelic poems (with Memoir) of William Livingstone, (1808-1870), the Islay Bard (Glasgow, 1882).
He also translated a number of hymns into Gaelic, and wrote Gaelic articles for The Gael, (Glasgow, 1873–1876).
Blair was one of the translators of the Revised Version of the Bible into Gaelic.
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November 4, 1907 (aged 70)