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Marjorie Linklater. Marjorie Linklater ( née MacIntyre; 19 March 1909 – 29 June 1997) was a Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment on the island of Orkney. She gave up acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to get involved in conservation, education, and health matters as a county councillor for Ross and Cromarty County Council.
May 4, 2012 · I have been cataloguing the personal papers of an incredible woman who was devoted to life on Orkney: Marjorie Linklater (1909-1997). Born in Edinburgh in 1909, she met Eric Linklater (1899-1974), the well known Scottish novelist in 1932, marrying him the following year, after which they lived at Merkister in the parish of Harray.
- Sharon Messenger
Marjorie MacIntyre, campaigner: born Edinburgh 19 March 1909; member, Ross & Cromarty County Council, 1953-69; member, Scottish Arts Council 1957-63; Chairman, Orkney Heritage Society 1977-81 ...
Jul 11, 1997 · Marjorie Linklater was one of the most interesting and vital people I have ever encountered. Edinburgh-born, she was a strikingly beautiful actress when she met the Orcadian writer Eric Linklater ...
- The Herald Staff
Jun 16, 2020 · Born in Edinburgh to the Scots writer Eric Linklater and Marjorie Linklater, a social activist, Kristin grew up on Orkney with her sister and two brothers. In an interview in 2006, she remarked, “My work is filled with images of nature, and I think that is due to the fact that I grew up surrounded by the ocean, birds in rocky cliffs, grassy hillsides, and the wind and the rain.”
Jul 7, 2020 · When Kristin decided to retire from Columbia University in 2013, she had been in the United States for exactly 50 years and had already purchased a home on the remote and starkly beautiful Orkney Islands in Scotland, her childhood home, where she was raised by her mother, Marjorie Linklater, and her father, well-known author Eric Linklater..
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Kristin Linklater. Kristin Linklater speaking on the Voice. Kristin Linklater (22 April 1936 – 5 June 2020) was a Scottish vocal coach, acting teacher, actor, theatre director, and author. She retired from the Theatre Arts Division of Columbia University where she was professor emerita. She taught residential courses in Orkney.
