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Robert Fergusson (Edimburgo, 5 de septiembre de 1750 - 16 de octubre de 1774), poeta escocés. Su obra está escrita tanto en un puro inglés como en lengua escocesa, pero son más apreciados los poemas elaborados en esta última, que sirvieron de inspiración para el también poeta escocés Robert Burns.
Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 – 16 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.
- Scots vernacular revival
- "The Daft Days", "Hallow Fair", "Auld reekie", "Leith Races", "Caller Oysters", "Braid Claith"
- Scottish
- University of St Andrews
Robert Fergusson (born Sept. 5, 1750, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Oct. 16, 1774, Edinburgh) was a Scottish poet who was one of the leading figures of the 18th-century revival of Scots vernacular writing and the chief forerunner of Robert Burns. Fergusson was educated at the University of St. Andrews and became a copying clerk in a lawyer’s office ...
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Robert Fergusson ( Edimburgo, 5 de septiembre de 1750 - 16 de octubre de 1774), poeta escocés. Robert Fergusson. Su obra está escrita tanto en un puro inglés como en lengua escocesa, pero son más apreciados los poemas elaborados en esta última, que sirvieron de inspiración para el también poeta escocés Robert Burns.
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 muse’.
Robert Fergusson. 1750 - 1774. 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...
‘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.
