b. 14 February 1810. d. 21 November 1880. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Angler and writer. Born in Edinburgh. Wrote essays on angling, and especially fly-fishing,
for *Chambers*, later collected as *The Art of Angling, as Practiced in Scotland*
(1835). Married Bessie Macgregor in 1836, and later they lived in Kelso, in the Scottish
Borders. Campaigned against pollution of rivers. Biographical information: *ODNB*.
(KH, AC)