Ferguson [Fergusson], Robert ♂
Education
Student United College 1764-1768 b, s, t, m. (Ternar). Ferguson bursar, 1765.
Birth/childhood
Born 5.9.1750 son of William Fergusson, clerk, Edinburgh and Elizabeth Forbes.
Career
Obtained a position in commissary clerk’s office in Edinburgh.
Contributed to Weekly Magazine. Published ‘Poems’ in 1773. [Poet]
Poems by Robert Fergusson (Edinburgh: Printed by Walter & Thomas Ruddiman, 1773). Reprinted with biographical introduction, notes and glossary by Robert Ford (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905).
Death
Died 16.10.1774 in Edinburgh - buried in Canongate churchyard.
Sources
- DNB
- Robert Fergusson in Wikipedia
- also: Robert Fergusson, by A.B. Grosart. (Famous Scots series). (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, [1898]