Surname: Burgess Forename(s): William Arthur Sinclair d. 23 October 1934. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet, draper’s assistant, merchant, and postmaster. Born in Lerwick, Scotland, c.
1867. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for “Via Umbræ,” published on 15 November 1890, lists their address
as 4 Queens Lane, Lerwick (NLS Dep 341/370). Biographical information: 1891 and 1901
Scotland Census, National Probate Index, Scotland, 1876-1936 (Ancestry). (AC)