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Author: Anderson, Alexander

Biography:

ANDERSON, Alexander (fl 1821) pseudonym A Gent

No reliable biographical information has been located, but the title page of his anonymous hudibrastic poem about a bookseller describes him as a “Gent.” and the appended notes indicate that he was proud of his classical learning. SR

 

Books written (1):

Joseph the Book-man; a Heroi-comic Poem in Five Cantos, Depicting Some of the Humours of Life in "Scotia's Darling Seat" . . . ..

Edinburgh/ Glasgow: J. Robertson, A. Peat, J. Anderson and Co., and J. Mackay/ Reid and Henderson, and R. Hutchison, 1821