Poet and bookbinder. Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Established his own bookbinding
business. Author of *Ingle-Side Lilts, and Other Poems* (1861, 1868), *Burns and His
Kilmarnock Friends, with Other Pieces in Prose and Verse* (1874). Also authored a
history of Kilmarnock. Biographical information: Reilly, *Mid-Victorian Poetry*, p.
292. (AC)