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.

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