Macnish, Robert (M)

Surname: Macnish
Forename(s): Robert
b. 5 February 1802. d. 16 January 1837. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet and physician. Pseudonym: “A Modern Pythagorean.” Born in Glasgow and educated at the University of Glasgow. Author of The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1827) and The Philosophy of Sleep (1830). Influenced by phrenology. Friend of David Moir. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 27
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
To a Scene in Caithness 1827-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10877
To a Child 1828-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10768
To the Rhine 1828-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10830
The Music of the Spheres 1828-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10706
On a Girl Sleeping 1829-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10471
Poetical Portraits 1830-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10066
The Tear 1830-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10136
Remembrance 1831-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10954
Christmas Carol. In Honour of Maga. Sung by the Contributors 1831-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10924
The Tear 1832 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15287
Song 1832 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15274
Southey 1838-05-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13870
Byron 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13879
Thomson 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13867
Campbell 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13873
Hogg 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13878
Hemans 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13876
Wilson 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13875
Burns 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13869
Gray 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13868
Scott 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13874
Shelley 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13877
Coleridge 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13871
Shakespeare 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 3595
Milton 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13866
Moore 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13880
Wordsworth 1838-06-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13872