NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blacklock, Thomas, 1721-1791 NRA: Blacklock Thomas (1721-1791) Poet DNB: Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791), poet and writer LBT ID: ThBlack1791 VIAF ID: 76169600 LOC ID: nr91013588 | B/BAP: 1721-11-10 DIED: 1791-07-07 |
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Blind Scottish poet and clergyman; early in life his cause was taken up by David Hume and
Joseph Spence; later in life he befriended Robert Burns and Walter Scott. His life was
written by Henry Mackenzie. | |