b. 10 November 1844. d. 1914. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet and author. After graduating from Yale he visited Europe, witnessing the Franco-Prussian
War in Paris in 1870, and then returning to the United States in 1871. Served as Unites
States Consul in Edinburgh 1889-1893. Campaigned on behalf of Scottish Union soldiers
in the American Civil War, including the commission of a commemorative monument in
Edinburgh. Freemason, and Poet Laureate of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning. Biographical
information: http://www.lck2.co.uk/new-Wallace_Bruce.html [3 July 2019]; Wikimedia
Commons. (AC)