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Rev Alexander MacLean Sinclair was born in Glen Bard, Nova Scotia to parents John Sinclair and Christy MacLean. His father abandoned the family when he was very young but he continued to be raised in the thoroughly Gaelic environment of his mother's family. His maternal grandfather was the Bard, John MacLean who had been bard to the Laird of Coll in Scotland, Alexander MacLean, after whom Sinclair was named. So advanced was Sinclair in his studies that he was teaching school by the age of fifteen. He continued theological studies eventually becoming Presbyterian minister. His first post was to Sunny Brae in Pictou County where he remained for 22 years preaching in both Gaelic and English. Sinclair then worked the rest of his professional career in Belfast, Prince Edward Island during which time he published the bulk of his work on Gaelic poetry. He returned to Pictou County where he died in 1924.