Brian Stowell

Brian Stowell
Stowell in 2015
Born
Thomas Brian Stowell

(1936-09-06)6 September 1936
Douglas, Isle of Man
Died18 January 2019(2019-01-18) (aged 82)
Other namesBrian Mac Stoyll
Education
Occupations
  • Radio personality
  • linguist
  • physicist
  • author
Notable workDunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley ("The Vampire Murders")
Spouses
  • Pat Price
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    (m. 1958, divorced)​
  • Julia Berney
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    (m. 1982; died 2018)​
Children4
Awards

Thomas Brian Stowell RBV TH (6 September 1936 – 18 January 2019), also known as Brian Mac Stoyll,[1][2] was a Manx radio personality, linguist, physicist, and author. He was formerly Yn Lhaihder ("The Reader") to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald.[3] He is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Baase Brian Mac Stoyll – Death of Brian Stowell". Celtic Congress Mannin. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Shiaght Laa 5th December 2019". Manx Radio. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ^ Phillips, Roger. "Chapter 12 - Clerk of Tynwald's Office". Part b (ii) (Other Officers). Douglas, Isle of Man: tynwald.org.im. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. ^ "'If it wasn't for Brian, the Manx language would have died out'". IOM Today. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ Whitehead, Sarah (2 April 2015). "How the Manx language came back from the dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Tributes paid to Manx Gaelic revival 'pioneer'". BBC. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.