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Alexander Scott

Literature; General literature

(1525?-1584?) Scottish poet. Almost nothing is known of his life, but he is believed to have spent most of his time in or near Edinburgh. Thirty-six short poems are attributed to him, including Ane ...

Edward Moore

Literature; General literature

(1712-1757) Fabulist and dramatist, son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon. After being in business as a linen-draper, in which he was unsuccessful, he took to literature, and wrote a few ...

John Row

Literature; General literature

(1568-1646) Scottish ecclesiastical historian, born at Perth, son of John Row, one of the Scottish Reformers, was minister of Carnock in Fife, and a leading opponent of Episcopacy. His Historie of ...

Edmund Yates

Literature; General literature

(1831-1894) Novelist and dramatist, born at Edinburgh, held for some years an appointment in the General Post Office. He did much journalistic work, mainly as a dramatic writer, and wrote many ...

Sir Alexander Boswell

Literature; General literature

(1775-1822) Antiquary and song writer, son of James Boswell, of Auchinleck, Johnson's biographer, was interested in old Scottish authors, some of whose works he reprinted at his private press. He ...

Harry Francis Prevost Battersby

Literature; General literature

("Francis Prevost") Poet, novelist, and war correspondent. Poems, Melilot (1886), Fires of Greenwood (1887). Novels, Rust of Gold (1895), The Avenging Hour (1896), False Dawn (1897), The Plague of ...

Mary (Blackford) Tighe

Literature; General literature

(1772-1810) Poet, daughter of a clergyman, made an unhappy marriage, though she had beauty and amiable manners, and was highly popular in society. She wrote a good deal of verse; but her chief poem ...