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Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 – 17 October 1774) was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as part of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet whose work stands as a vital link between the Augustan Age of Poetry and the Romantic era that followed. Fergusson wrote primarily in Scots, capturing the vibrancy and dynamism of Edinburgh life in his verse.
Sep 1, 2024 · Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet who was one of the leading figures of the 18th-century revival of Scots vernacular writing and the chief forerunner of Robert Burns. Fergusson was educated at the University of St. Andrews and became a copying clerk in a lawyer’s office in Edinburgh.
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Fergusson stands as one of Scotland’s most original, spirited and scholarly poets. His ability to write extraordinarily powerfully in Scots unites with his unique literary talent to establish ...
Robert Fergusson. 1750 - 1774. Portrait by Alexander Runciman, c. 1772. POEMS BIBLIOGRAPHY CRITICISM. Robert Burns was moved to commission a headstone in Canongate Kirkyard to Fergusson, thirteen years after he had been buried there in an unmarked grave, describing the poet as ‘my elder brother in misfortune; by far my elder brother in the ...
Robert Bruce Ferguson (December 30, 1927 – July 22, 2001) was an American country music songwriter and record producer who was instrumental in establishing Nashville, Tennessee as a center of country music. He was also a movie producer, and Choctaw Indian historian.
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This project has two aims: to produce a new scholarly edition of Fergusson’s works for the twenty-first century reader; and to commemorate the poet’s legacies through academic and collaborative events with external partners throughout 2024 (the 250th anniversary of his death) and 2025.
