Werner Kissling (Breslau, Silesia 1895 - Dumfries 1988) was a German ethnologist. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dumfries (dəmˈfriːs is a town and former Royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "habit custom convention" is the branch of Anthropology that compares and He made one of the earliest existing films of spoken Scottish Gaelic, Eriskay: A poem of remote lives (1930) in Eriskay. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eriskay ( Scottish Gaelic: Eirisgeidh, from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle" is an island of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland He took many photos of the traditional crafts on South Uist and Eriskay which now serve as a record of the way of life then. South Uist ( Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas) is an Island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
Books of his photography have been published posthumously:
- A Different Country : the photographs of Werner Kissling, Edited by Michael Russell, Birlinn, November 2002 ISBN 184158245X
- A Poem of Remote Lives: Images of Eriskay 1934 - the Enigma of Werner Kissling 1895 - 1988 ISBN 1897784465
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