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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.
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 ...
Legacy of poet who inspired Robert Burns to be celebrated
Robert Fergusson died in an asylum in Edinburgh on October 17, 1774 aged 24, after being branded insensible following a head i...
Daily Echo
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'Overlooked' Scots poet who influenced Burns celebrated by literary elite
The University of Glasgow is spearheading celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of the death - on October 17 1774 - of one of Scotland'...
The Herald
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3 days ago · The statue is of the poet Robert Fergusson, the 250th anniversary of whose death in an insane asylum in Edinburgh will be commemorated on Thursday. ON Edinburgh’s Royal Mile outside the historic Canongate Kirk, there stands a life-size statue of a young man dressed in 18th-century garb. The brilliant work of the Fife-based sculptor David ...
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.
Biography. Robert Fergusson was born of Aberdeenshire parents in Cap-and-Feather Close, in Edinburgh’s Old Town, on 5 September, 1750. The street has since disappeared, having been...
‘The Collected Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies’ is a two-year research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, which runs from October 2023 until October 2025. Robert Fergusson (1750-74) is a key poet of the Scottish eighteenth century.
Robert Fergusson was born in Edinburgh and is best known for his poetry, which inspired Robert Burns. He was enrolled at St Andrews Univerity. Historical researchers have noted that he was perhaps the first significant poet to study English literary texts at a university.
