James Thomson (weaver poet)
James Thomson (10 September 1763 – 1832) was a Scottish weaver poet of Currie, near Edinburgh, whose poetry in the Scottish vernacular was published in Leith in the early 19th century. He is remembered by the Poet's Glen in Currie, a wooded dell with a scenic riverside path which is a right of way, and by a number of street names (Thomson Road, Thomson Drive, Thomson Crescent) in the east of Currie.
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| Date of birth | 10 September 1763
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| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland
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| Date of death | 1832
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| Age | 68 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Currie, Scotland
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