Jane Baird
Scottish Esperantist (1875–1960)
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Jane Baird (6 May 1875 – 25 March 1960) was a Scottish educator and Esperantist. She was one of the three compilers of the Edinburgh Esperanto Pocket Dictionary (1915).
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Jane Baird | |
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Baird at the 1912 World Esperanto Congress in Kraków, Poland | |
| Born | 6 May 1875 Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. |
| Died | 25 March 1960 (aged 84) Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. |
| Occupations | Educator, Esperantist |
| Employer | North Fort Street School |
Biography
Baird was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of William Baird and Jane King Mitchell Baird.[1] She was an educator who taught at North Fort Street School in Edinburgh.[2] Later, she taught Esperanto at Leith's Technical College.[3]
Baird learned the International auxiliary language Esperanto. She joined the Edinburgh Esperanto Society in 1909,[2] and later served as vice-president.[4] She attended the 1912 World Esperanto Congress in Kraków, Poland, with fellow society members. She organised a monthly contest that ran for six years until the end 1922,[5] inviting children to send her postcards with their answers to Esperanto questions.[6] She was on the organising committee of the 1926 World Esperanto Congress in Edinburgh.[7]
Baird was one of the three compilers of the Edinburgh Esperanto Pocket Dictionary, working along with John Mabon Warden [pl] and William Harvey. It was first published in 1915.[8] By the time of her death over a hundred thousand copies of the Dictionary had been sold in English-speaking countries.
Baird died in 1960, aged 84, at a nursing home in Edinburgh.[2][9]
Publications
- "Notes for an Object Lesson" (1915, The Esperanto Monthly)[10]
