Author:Angus M'Diarmid

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Angus M‘Diarmid
(c. 1770 – c. 1820)

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also represented as “Angus McDiarmid”; Scottish ground-officer of the Earl of Breadalbane’s estate of Edinample. He is known solely for his Striking and Picturesque Delineations (1815), a description of the “grand, beautiful, wonderful, and interesting scenery” in the region of Loch-Earn, an estate of the Earl. The work is widely renown as a literary masterpiece, as discussed in the book’s “Preface,” for the general beauty of his descriptions, and is noted for the author’s unusual grammatical structures, used to best convey the beauty of that scenery in which he was always surrounded.

Works

Striking and Picturesque Delineations of the Grand, Beautiful, Wonderful, and Interesting Scenery Around Loch-Earn (1815) (also published as A Description of the Beauties of Edinample and Lochearnhead)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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