Robert Fergusson

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person poet

Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.

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instanceOf person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1774 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1760s ⓘ
burialPlace Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
causeOfDeath head injury ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1750-09-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1774-10-16 ⓘ
describedAs 18th-century Scottish poet ⓘ
educatedAt University of St Andrews ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Farguson ⓘ
surface form: Fergusson
genre poetry ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn development of Scots-language poetry ⓘ
hasMonument statue outside Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh ⓘ
influenced Robert Burns ⓘ
later Scottish poets ⓘ
inspiredBy Scottish vernacular tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
name Robert Fergusson self-link ⓘ
notableFor vivid depictions of Edinburgh life ⓘ
notableWork Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Auld Reekie

Leith Races ⓘ
The Farmer’s Ingle ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edinburgh ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf biographical studies of Scottish literature ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
writingStyle vernacular verse ⓘ

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subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
Scots → hasNotableAuthor → Robert Fergusson ⓘ
Allan Ramsay → influenced → Robert Fergusson ⓘ
Robert Fergusson → name → Robert Fergusson self-link ⓘ