Graham Cooper

Rugadh Graham Cooper ann an 1953. Thogadh e ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain far an robh e air a bheò-ghlacadh leis na h-ainmean-àite Gàidhlig a bha ceithir thimcheall air. Thug e a-mach ceum dotaireachd agus sgrìobh e tràchdas ann an Oilthigh Obar Dheathain. Dh’obraich e mar lannsair ann an Alba, Sasainn is Èirinn a Tuath, agus mar obraiche saor-thoileach ann an Nepal. Chuir e ri eòlas meidigeach le pàipearan air obair-lannsa.

Nuair a leig e dheth a dhreuchd, thòisich e air a’ Ghàidhlig ionnsachadh aig Club Gàidhlig Obair Dheathain. Eadar 2012 agus 2016, rinn e cùrsaichean aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Aig a’ Mhòd ann an 2017, choisinn e duais Dhòmhnaill Iain MhicÌomhair le sgeulachd ghoirid.

Tha Graham a’ fuireach ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain.

Tha e a’ còrdadh ris a bhith a’ leughadh, a’ cluich giotàr, agus a’ bruidhinn ri a charaid dìleas anns a’ Ghàidhlig, Dòmhnall Iain MacLeòid, Glinn Eilg.

Graham Cooper was born in 1953. He grew up in Aberdeenshire where he was fascinated by the Gaelic place-names all around him. He graduated in medicine and wrote an MD thesis at Aberdeen University. He worked as a surgeon in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, and as a volunteer in Nepal. He added to medical knowledge by publishing scientific papers on surgery.

When he retired, he began learning Gaelic at Aberdeen Gaelic Club. Between 2012 and 2016, he completed distance learning courses at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. At the 2017 Mòd, he won the Donald John MacIver Memorial Prize for a short story.

Graham lives in Aberdeenshire.

He enjoys reading, playing guitar and speaking in Gaelic to his faithful friend in Glenelg, Donald John MacLeod.