b. 29 March 1780. d. 12 September 1854. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Working-class poet and weaver, writing in Scots and English. Born in Chryston, Calder,
Lanakshire. Father was also a loom weaver. Publications include *Poems and Songs,
Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect* (1853). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC)