Author: Clapperton, William
Biography:
CLAPPERTON, William (c 1783-1849: ancestry.co.uk)
He was the son of George Clapperton, Writer to the Signet, and Janet (Buncle) Clapperton; they had married in Edinburgh on 25 July 1778. William was born on 9 Mar. 1783; he had one elder and one younger sister. He worked in Sir William Forbes’s bank, and later was a teacher of French in Edinburgh. It is not known if he married: no record has been located. He edited three volumes of "common-place" books of verse by earlier and contemporary authors (1822, 1824, 1830) and his Poetical Scrap Book was published in 1824. His The French Student's Assistant appeared in 1828. The 1841 Census shows him living with one of his sisters and other family members atGreat Stuart Street, St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; he is identified as "independent." He died on 10 Jan. 1849 of "decline of life" and was buried in the Edinburgh cemetery on 13 Jan. (ancestry.co.uk 18 Nov. 2024; findmypast.co.uk 18 Nov. 2024; Joseph Irving, The Book of Scotsmen [1881]; DWS)