Surname: Neilson Forename(s): James Macadam b. 1844. d. 1883. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet and correspondent. Born in Campsie, Stirlingshire. Worked as an engraver for
calico printing. Contributed to the Stirling Observer. Correspondent for the Glasgow Daily Mail. Author of Poems and Songs. Chiefly in the Scottish language (1877) and Songs for the Bairns; and, Miscellaneous Poems (1884). Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 348. (CC)