Scottish poets

The list Scottish poets includes Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord Byron, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carol Ann Duffy and James V of Scotland. The list consists of 467 members and 18 sublists.

Scots Makars
1L, 41T
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Doric poets
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Early Scots poets
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Lallans poets
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Scottish LGBTQ poets
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Lord Byron
4L, 65T
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Medieval Scottish poets
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Middle Scots poets
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Poets from Dundee
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Poets from Paisley
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Scots-language poets
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Scottish Christian poets
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Scottish male poets
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Scottish poets by century
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Scottish satirical poets
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Shetland poets
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Scottish women poets
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1.

Mary, Queen of Scots

Scottish monarch

Overview: Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

Date of birth: 8 December 1542

Date of death: 8 February 1587

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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People involved in anti-Protestantism 44T

Remarried royal consorts 118T

16th-century Scottish women 61T
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Lord Byron

English Romantic poet (1788–1824)

Overview: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1788

Date of death: 19 April 1824

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Burials at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall 5T

Barons Byron 14T

Coppet group 23T
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Arthur Conan Doyle

Scottish author of Sherlock Holmes

Overview: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1859

Date of death: 7 July 1930

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Doyle family 8T

Scottish spiritualists 12T

Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy) 68T
4.

Carol Ann Duffy

Scottish, Poet

Overview: Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE (born 23 December 1955) is a British poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

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21st-century British LGBT people 168T

British LGBT poets 20T

British lesbian writers 35T
5.

James V of Scotland

King of Scots

Overview: James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King ...

Date of birth: 10 April 1512

Date of death: 14 December 1542

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

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16th-century Scottish peers 65T

16th-century Scottish monarchs 4T

High Stewards of Scotland 31T
6.

Ivor Cutler

Musical artist

Overview: Ivor Cutler (born Isadore Cutler, 15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1923

Date of death: 3 March 2006

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century Scottish comedians 22T

20th-century Scottish comedians 20T

21st-century British male writers 720T
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Walter Scott

Novelist

Overview: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA Scot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright, and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English- ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1771

Date of death: 21 September 1832

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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19th-century Scottish judges 67T

19th-century diarists 166T

18th-century diarists 69T
8.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

Overview: Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for writing Treasure Island, Strange Case of ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1850

Date of death: 3 December 1894

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Clan Balfour 43T

19th-century British short story writers 74T

Writers of Gothic fiction 106T
9.

James Robertson

Jamaican politician

Overview: Dr. James Robertson (born 9 June 1966) is a Jamaican politician. He served as the Minister of Mining and Energy in Jamaica between March 2009 and May 2011.

Date of birth: 9 June 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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21st-century Jamaican politicians 6T

Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica 61T

Government ministers of Jamaica 54T
10.

George MacDonald

Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)

Overview: George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow ...

Date of birth: 10 December 1824

Date of death: 18 September 1905

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Scottish Christian poets 3T

George MacDonald 5T

19th-century Christian mystics 69T
11.

Thomas Atkinson (poet)

British writer

Overview: Thomas Atkinson (1801?–1833), was a Scottish poet and miscellaneous writer.

Date of death: 1833

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

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19th-century Scottish poets 69T

1833 deaths 634T

19th-century poets 1,307T
12.

Elma Mitchell

British poet

Overview: Elma Mitchell (November 19, 1919 Airdrie, Lanarkshire - November 23, 2000) was a British poet.

Date of birth: 19 November 1919

Date of death: 23 November 2000

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

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20th-century Scottish poets 107T

20th-century poets 4,046T

Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford 406T
13.

Naomi Mitchison

Scottish novelist and poet, 1897–1999

Overview: Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison, CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called the doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1897

Date of death: 11 January 1999

Age: 101 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Scottish socialist feminists 14T

Spouses of life peers 219T

British women travel writers 165T
14.

Gary Wales

Scottish Actor, Film Producer and Studio Executive

Date of birth: 29 September 1995

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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21st-century Scottish actors 8T

People from Falkirk 142T

Scottish television directors 31T
15.

Jean Glover

Associated with Robert Burns

Overview: Jean Glover or Jennifer Glover (1758–1801) was a Scottish poet and singer. She was the daughter of James Glover, handloom weaver and Jean Thomson, born in Townhead, Kilmarnock; was well educated for the ...

Date of birth: 1758

Date of death: 1801

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

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18th-century British women writers 187T

18th-century Scottish singers 2T

18th-century Scottish poets 40T
16.

Nan Shepherd

British writer

Overview: Anna "Nan" Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 23 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet, best known for her seminal mountain memoir, The Living Mountain, based on experiences of hill walking ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1893

Date of death: 23 February 1981

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century British women writers 1,321T

20th-century Scottish poets 107T

20th-century Scottish novelists 103T
17.

Alexander Wilson

Scottish naturalist

Overview: Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is ...

Date of birth: 6 July 1766

Date of death: 23 August 1813

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

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Burials at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church 14T

18th-century American artists 7T

Poets from Paisley 6T
18.

Thomas Campbell (poet)

British writer

Overview: Thomas Campbell (27 July 1777 – 15 June 1844) was a Scottish poet. He was a founder and the first President of the Clarence Club and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland; he ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1777

Date of death: 15 June 1844

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Scottish male writers 36T

People educated at the High School of Glasgow 101T

Scottish song collectors 11T
19.

Lady Anne Barnard

Scottish travel writer, artist and socialite

Overview: Lady Anne Barnard (née Lindsay; 8 December 1750 – 6 May 1825) was a Scottish travel writer, artist and socialite, and the author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray. Her five-year residence in Cape Town ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1750

Date of death: 6 May 1825

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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18th-century Scottish women writers 4T

19th-century Scottish women writers 19T

19th-century British women 65T
20.

James I of Scotland

King of Scots from 1406 to 1437

Overview: James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 to 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond. His ...

Date of birth: 1394

Date of death: 21 February 1437

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

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15th-century Scottish peers 38T

15th-century Scottish poets 5T

15th-century peers of France 55T