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,[1] while his parents were engaged in war work, and brought up in Aberdeenshire. He started his career as an economist, teaching at Glasgow, Strathclyde[2] and St Andrews universities. In 1974 he decided to give this up to work on the family farm near Methlick.[3][1][4]
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.[5][6]
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.[5][2] He performed and recorded as a singer, particularly of bothy ballads.[5][1]
Allan died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 84.[4][7]
Selected publications
- The Theory of Taxation, Penguin Books[8][1]
References
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Dozens turn out to say a last farewell to former world caber tossing champion and radio presenter Charlie Allan". Grampian Online. 29 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "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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