NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Falconer, William, 1732-1769 NRA: Falconer, William (1732-1769) Poet DNB: Falconer, William (bap. 1732, d. 1770), poet and lexicographer LBT ID: WiFalco1770 VIAF ID: 42132675 LOC ID: n85028273 | B/BAP: 1732-02-11 DIED: 1770 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Scottish seaman and poet; author of a long-popular poem, The
Shipwreck (1762), and The Universal Marine Dictionary
(1769). | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Falconer: John Murray the elder to William Falconer, 16 October 1768 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) |