Lunchtime Talk: Celebrating Scottish poet Robert Fergusson (1750 - 1774)
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- Tickets
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Free - Drop-in - no ticket required
- Dates and times
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Wednesday 23rd Oct 2024
12:00PM
- Age
- All ages
- Venue
To
commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of Edinburgh poet Robert
Fergusson, the Mitchell Library in collaboration with the University of
Glasgow, will host a free exhibition
(9th Sep - 30th Oct 2024) and events programme this autumn which celebrates the
significant textual, medical, linguistic and cultural legacies left by Robert
Fergusson.
As part of our free events programme, we are delighted to welcome Dr Amy Wilcockson to the Mitchell Library. Amy will share information about the exhibition, co-curated by the Robert Fergusson 250 team, and Special Collections at the Mitchell Library.
Fergusson's tragically short life was nonetheless one of literary achievement and influence to the extent that Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), often considered Scotland’s national poet, described Fergusson as a key catalyst for his own poetry, and as his 'elder brother in the Muse'.
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