Author: WILSON, William
Biography:
WILSON, William (fl 1800)
The preface to his book is dated from Langholm, Dumfriesshire. It states that he was a coalminer and his book was published to alleviate the hardship of his old age. No other biographical information that can be linked to him has been located. In the BL copy a manuscript note on one of the poems, “MacGregor’s Alive,” identifies that poem’s author as Robert Weir, surgeon at Eskbank but no information corroborating this claim has been located. SR
Books written (1):
Edinburgh: for the author by A. Constable and G. Gray, 1800