Katherine Whyte Grant

Katherine Whyte Grant, also known as Caitrìona Whyte Grannd or Catrìona Nic-’Ille-Bhàin Ghrannd (11 April 1845 – 18 August 1928) was a Scottish writer and translator of Gaelic and English. Whyte, who travelled in widely in Europe, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, taught herself German, and translated Friedrich Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell from the original German into Gaelic. Whyte was interested in folk tales and educational materials in Gaelic, and her published works include plays for young people.

Life Grant was born in Bonawe, in Scotland. Her mother was Mary MacIsaac, and her father Henry Whyte was a schoolteacher and lay-missionary. She taught herself German in preparation for her travels.

Recognition Her work was published in Myth, Tradition and Story from Western Argyll (1925) and she was awarded a Civil List Pension in 1914 in recognition of her Gaelic writing.

Publications Aig Tigh Na Beinne, published in 1911

Dùsgadh na Féinne, a Kinderspiel, published 1907