b. 1815. d. 30 January 1888. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet and hymn writer. Born in Glasgow; lived in Govan Hill and then, after c. 1845,
in Kilmarnock. Author of poetry volumes including: *The Homes of the Heart and Other
Poems* (1846, 1863), *Heart Histories in Prose and Verse* (1853), *Sun and Shade:
Poems* (1860). Biographical information: Boase 4: 51. (AC)