David MacRitchie

David MacRitchie (Gaelic: Daibhidh MacRuiseart; April 16, 1851 - January 14, 1925), was a Scottish antiquarian and folklorist, being a co-founder of the Gypsy Lore Society, vice-president (1917-1920) of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a treasurer (1922-1925) of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society, a member of the Celtic Union and the Philosophical Institution, and a trustee for John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby's archaeology endowment to the University of Edinburgh. He is most well-known today for his promotion of Fairy Euhemerism (or the Pygmy Theory), a hypothesis which holds that the fairy lore of Britain originated from historical memory of Neolithic aborigines that preceded the Celtic presence in the British Isles.

Selected Bibliography

 * &mdash; "Read 11th July 1893, at the International Folk-Lore Congress, Chicago."
 * &mdash; "from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Inverness, 1899-1901"
 * &mdash; "Read before the British Association, 1901."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "Read 11th July 1893, at the International Folk-Lore Congress, Chicago."
 * &mdash; "from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Inverness, 1899-1901"
 * &mdash; "Read before the British Association, 1901."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "Read 11th July 1893, at the International Folk-Lore Congress, Chicago."
 * &mdash; "from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Inverness, 1899-1901"
 * &mdash; "Read before the British Association, 1901."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Inverness, 1899-1901"
 * &mdash; "Read before the British Association, 1901."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Inverness, 1899-1901"
 * &mdash; "Read before the British Association, 1901."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. xxvi., 1904-1907."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."
 * &mdash; "whom he identifies in the persons called 'Finnmen' with the Eskimos."