Poet, translator, editor, and songwriter. Born in Kingsbarns, Fife. Educated at the
University of St. Andrews. Emigrated to the United States in 1851. Contributed to
*Whistle Binkie*, *Ladies’ Own Journal*, *Blackie’s Book of Scottish Song*, and the
*Glasgow Citizen*. Founder and editor of the *Scottish American Journal*. Translated
Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic poetry. Author of *The Minister’s Kail-Yard, and Other
Poems* (1845). Biographical information: James Grant Wilson, *The Poets and Poetry
of Scotland*, vol. 2, Harper Brothers, 1876, pp. 410-11; John D. Ross, editor, *Scottish
Poets in America, with Biographical and Critical Notices*, Pagan & Ross, 1889, pp.
9-12; Reilly, *Late-Victorian Poetry*, p. 270. (CC)