Leyden, John (M)

Surname: Leyden
Forename(s): John
b. 8 September 1775. d. 28 August 1811. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet, orientalist, translator, surgeon, and naturalist. Father was a shepherd. Friend of Walter Scott, and contributed to Scott’s Border Minstrelsy (1802). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 4
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
“On Yeta’s banks the vagrant gypsies place” 1817-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8053
Sonnet to the Yew-Tree 1817-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7978
To Ianthe 1819-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7855
Ode to an Indian Gold Coin. Written in Chéricál, Malabar 1832-12-08 The Penny Magazine Poet 2928