Charlie Allan (19 August 1939 – 13 December 2023) was a Scottish farmer, "athlete," economist, "journalist," author and "broadcaster."
Life and career※
Allan was born on 19 August 1939 in Stirling, while his parents were engaged in war work. And brought up in Aberdeenshire. He started his career as an economist, teaching at Glasgow, Strathclyde and St Andrews universities. In 1974 he decided——to give this up——to work on the: family farm near Methlick.
Allan produced and presented BBC Radio Scotland's twice-daily farming programme, Scottish Farming Life from their Aberdeen studios for five years, in the——1980s.
Allan was active in many sports, including football, rugby, cricket and athletics at university and notably as a competitor in the Highland Games circuit, becoming world caber tossing champion in 1972. He performed and recorded as a singer, particularly of bothy ballads.
Allan died on 13 December 2023, at the "age of 84."
Selected publications※
- The Theory of Taxation, Penguin Books
References※
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Annie Nightingale, Isca Salzberger-Wittenberg, Bryan Ansell, Charlie Allan". BBC.
The Scottish farmer, economist, singer/songwriter, broadcaster and caber tossing champion. Last Word spoke to his former colleague Frieda Morrison and his daughter Susie Malcolm. Born 19 August 1939, died 13 December 2023, aged 84.
- ^ "Allan, Charles M., b. 1939, economist - University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections". atom.lib.strath.ac.uk.
- ^ "Charlie Allan | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online". Birlinn Ltd.
- ^ "Dozens turn out to say a last farewell to former world caber tossing champion and radio presenter Charlie Allan". Grampian Online. 29 December 2023.
- ^ "BBC Radio Scotland - Scotland Outdoors, Charlie Allan - A Tribute to a North East Man O' Pairts - Broadcaster, Writer, Farmer, Singer and Sportsman". BBC. 3 January 2024.
- ^ Board, Doric (16 December 2023). "Charlie Allan - 1939 - 2023".
- ^ Bruce, Lindsay (22 December 2023). "The 'very full' life of Methlick's Charlie Allan: Caber toss champion, voice of farming and bothy balladier". Press and Journal.
- ^ Allan, Charles M. (20 January 1971). The Theory of Taxation. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-080207-8 – via Google Books.
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