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William Nicol Burns (1791–1872) was the sixth child, third born and second surviving son born to the poet Robert Burns when he was 32 and his wife Jean Armour was 26. William was born at Ellisland Farm in Dunscore parish, shortly before the family moved to Dumfries in 1791. [1]
Hace 1 día · This savage four-line epitaph pays tribute to Burns's travelling companion, William Nicol, a theology scholar with whom he journeyed through the Highlands.
1 de feb. de 2007 · William Nicol's correspondent. A good demonstration of Burns's copiousness is his correspondence with the ‘irascible’ Edinburgh schoolmaster and tour-companion, William Nicol. Here is a short section from a letter now in the Mitchell Library, dated to 1 June (or 39 May) 1787 (Letter 112). 13.
- Jeremy J. Smith
- 2007
At Carlisle on 1 June 1787 Burns wrote to his friend William Nicol, classics master at Edinburgh High School, his only surviving letter in Scots; he then proceeded to Dumfries, where he was awarded the freedom of the burgh, and to Dalswinton, where he met his admirer Patrick Miller, before returning to Mauchline (where he was warmly reunited ...
Burns, Colonel William Nicol (1791 — 1872) Second surviving son of the poet, named after William Nicol, the schoolmaster of the Edinburgh High School. He was educated at Dumfries Grammar School, and in London. He married Catherine, daughter of R Crone, Esq of Dublin. They had no family.
William Nicol Burns was the sixth child of Robert Burns and Jean Armour Burns and one of three sons to survive into adulthood. He made a distinguished career in the East India Company and retired to Cheltenham.
In August 1787, Robert Burns and William Nicol set off from Edinburgh to embark on a six hundred mile tour of the Highlands. Their route followed an established that path that Boswell, Johnson and Thomas Pennant had travelled before them, only Burns and Nicol made the journey in reverse.
