Charles Murray (poet)

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Charles Murray was a Scottish poet best known for his works in the Doric dialect, capturing the rural life and culture of northeast Scotland.

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instanceOf Scottish poet
poet
writer
alsoKnownAs Charles Murray of Alford NERFINISHED
birthDate 1864-09-27
birthPlace Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
20th century
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
deathDate 1941-04-12
deathPlace Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED
educatedAt Aberdeen University NERFINISHED
Alford School NERFINISHED
employer Public Works Department of the Transvaal NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Scottish
genre poetry
hasPublicationYear 1894 (Hamewith)
1921 (A Handful of Heather)
hasTheme farming communities
humour
northeast Scottish identity
nostalgia
rural life
influencedBy Scots oral tradition
rural culture of northeast Scotland
knownFor depicting rural life in northeast Scotland
poetry in the Doric dialect
languageOfWorkOrName Doric dialect
Scots
literaryLanguage Scots Doric NERFINISHED
movement Scottish Renaissance (precursor/forerunner) NERFINISHED
name Charles Murray NERFINISHED
notableWork A Handful of Heather NERFINISHED
Hamewith NERFINISHED
occupation civil engineer
poet
placeOfBurial Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity northeast Scotland NERFINISHED
residence Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
writingStyle Doric dialect of Scots

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Aberdeen Grammar School hasNotableAlumnus Charles Murray (poet)