Robert Fergusson

(1750-1774)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fergusson, Robert, 1750-1774 NRA: Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774), poet DNB: Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774), poet LBT ID: RoFergu1774 VIAF ID: 32790622 LOC ID: n50026891	B/BAP: 1750-10-05 DIED: 1774-10-17
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Scottish poet renowned for his Scots verse first published in the Weekly Magazine; he was memorialized by Robert Burns.
REFERENCES TO Robert Fergusson: Andrew Stewart to Walter Scott, 20 January 1809 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Verse 1: p. 240a Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter III 1778-83 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter V 1786-90 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter XII 1803-04 Found 1: ¶ 25 Chapter VII 1809-10 Verse 1: p. 240a Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: Robert Burns Found 1: ¶ 7