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Author: Fairbairn, John Clarkson

Biography:

Fairbairn, John Clarkson (1809-73: MSP)

Free Church minister, hymn writer, and poet, he was born at Edinburgh to Thomas Fairbairn and Margaret (Clarkson) Fairbairn. He became minister of the Free Church at Allanton, near Chirnside. He married Margaret Wilson in 1845 and they had a number of children. His publications include books of hymn and essays; he was a member of the Edinburgh Dialectic Society. (MSP 7: 217; ancestry.co.uk 3 Dec. 2018)

 

Books written (1):

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1835