b. 12 August 1805. d. 2 January 1841. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Working-class poet. Born in Glasgow. Served as an apprentice to a tobacco manufacturer
and worked as a copper printer for booksellers before becoming a bookseller himself.
Publications include *The African, A Tale, and Other Poems* (1829), *The Bard of the
North* (1833). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (KH)