NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leyden, John, 1775-1811 NRA: Leyden John (1775-1811) physician and poet DNB: Leyden, John (1775-1811), linguist and poet LBT ID: JoLeyde1811 VIAF ID: 54362232 LOC ID: no91006101 | B/BAP: 1775-09-08 DIED: 1811-08-28 |
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Scottish antiquary, poet, and orientalist who assisted Walter Scott in compiling the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY John Leyden:
The Complaynt of Scotland, written in 1548: with a Preliminary Dissertation
and Glossary. Found 6.
Display Records “The Cout of Keeldar” in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, consisting of Historical and Romantic
Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded
upon Local Tradition. Found 1.
Display Records “The Elfin-king” in Tales of Wonder. Found 1.
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A Historical & Philosophical Sketch of the Discoveries & Settlements
of the Europeans in northern & western Africa, at the close of the eighteenth
century. Found 2.
Display Records “Lord Soulis” in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, consisting of Historical and Romantic
Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded
upon Local Tradition. Found 4.
Display Records “The Mermaid” in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, consisting of Historical and Romantic
Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded
upon Local Tradition. Found 3.
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The Poetical Remains. Found 1.
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Scenes of Infancy: descriptive of Teviotdale. Found 2.
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