William Thom (poet)

William Thom (poet)

William Thom (1799-1848) was a minor Scottish vernacular poet, author of "The Mitherless Bairn" and other works. He was a native of Aberdeen, where he worked as a hand-loom weaver, enduring considerable hardship and poverty.

He was born in Sinclair's Close, Justice Port, Aberdeen in 1799 or 1800, and died in Dundee, Scotland on February 29, 1848.


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