Thomas Brian Stowell known as Brian Mac Stoyll was a Manx radio personality, linguist, physicist and author.
18 Facts About Brian Stowell
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Brian Stowell was formerly to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald.
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Brian Stowell is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language.
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Brian Stowell attended Murray's Road Junior School before attending Douglas High School for Boys, where he excelled academically.
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Brian Stowell was inspired to start learning Manx after he read an article written by Doug Fargher passionately defending the Manx language in 1953.
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Brian Stowell described himself as being "only dimly aware" before reading this article that there was a language other than English spoken on the Isle of Man.
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Brian Stowell spent his weekends, meeting in Fargher's office in Douglas and conversing only in Manx.
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In 1955 Brian Stowell moved to Liverpool to study physics at the University of Liverpool.
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Brian Stowell met Pat Price, who became his first wife and mother to his two eldest children.
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Brian Stowell later worked at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
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Brian Stowell used his experience learning and teaching Irish to translate the Irish language course Buntus Cainte into Manx, which became Bunneydys for the Manx language learning community.
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Brian Stowell gained a PhD in applied physics while lecturing at Liverpool John Moores University and became head of department.
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In 1990, Brian Stowell published Contoyrtyssyn Ealish ayns Cheer ny Yindyssyn, his translation into Manx of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Brian Stowell was appointed Manx Language Officer in 1991 and returned to the Isle of Man permanently with his family the same year.
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Brian Stowell made weekly broadcasts about history and current events on long-running, bilingual Manx Radio programme Moghrey Jedoonee for over 20 years.
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Brian Stowell died on 18 January 2019 after a period of ill health.
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In 2008, Brian Stowell was awarded Culture Vannin's Reih Bleeaney Vanannan award for outstanding contributions to Manx culture.
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Brian Stowell's autobiography was published posthumously in 2019.