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Duncan McNaught
Duncan McNaught LL.D., J.P., (1845 – 1 June 1925) was born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire in 1845. He was the parochial school teacher at Kilmaurs in East Ayrshire from 1867 and served at the school for over fifty years, having served as assistant from 1865. He founded the Kilmarnock Conservative Association, jointly founded the Robert Burns World Federation, acted as the editor of the "''Burns Chronicle''" and was the president of what became the Robert Burns World Federation. Life and background In 1870 McNaught was approached by Sir William Montgomerie Cunninghame of Corsehill Castle, Corsehill with a request for assistance with the restoration of the 1600 AD monument to the 7th Earl of Glencairn, his countess and their children that stands in the Glencairn Aisle. The crypt beneath the aisle was first excavated and portions of the monument were recovered. The monument was extensively restored by Robert Boyd, an employee of Messrs. Boyd and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Perthshire to the north, Stirlingshire to the east, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire to the south, and Argyllshire to the west. The boundaries with Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire are split in two owing to the existence of an exclave around Cumbernauld (''see below''). The area had previously been part of the historic district of Lennox, which was a duchy in the Peerage of Scotland related to the Duke of Lennox. Name The town name "Dumbarton" comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "fort of the Britons". Historically, the spelling of the county town and the county were not standardised. By the 18th century the names "County of Dunbarton" and "County of Dumbarton" were used interchangeably. The n in "Dunbarton" represents the etymology "fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duncan McNaught And Family Memorial, Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire
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Robert Burnes
Robert Burnes or Robert Burness (1719 – 3 January 1789) was a paternal uncle of the poet Robert Burns. He left the family farm of Clochnahill or Clokenhill in Kincardineshire with his younger brother William Burnes, and found work at the The Lands of Lochridge, Lochridge or Lochrig limestone quarries and lime kilns that lay near Byrehill Farm near Stewarton.Jackson, Page 22 He was a teacher, a gardener later in life and a land steward on the nearby Castle and Barony of Robertland, Robertland Estate, possibly through the influence of his nephew.Boyle, Page 133 Robert Burns referred to his him as ''Poor Uncle Robert'' upon his death in 1789. Life and background Roberts parents were Robert Burnes and Isabella Keith.Calgary Burns Club Retrieved : 19 January 2020 He retained the spelling 'Burne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. Dwight Garner argued that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century". Early life Bishop, an only child, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to William Thomas and Gertrude May (Bulmer) Bishop. After her father, a successful builder, died when she was eight months old, Bishop's mother became mentally ill and was institutionalized in 1916. (Bishop would later write about the time of her mother's struggles in her short story "In the Village".) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Paton
Elizabeth "Betsey" Paton or later Elizabeth Andrew of Lairgieside (1760 – c. 1799) was the daughter of James Paton and Eleanor Helen Paton of Aird Farm, Crossroads, Ayrshire. Following an affair with Robert Burns she gave birth on 22 May 1785 to his first child, Elizabeth "Bess" Burns, the ''"Dear-bought Bess"'', who was baptised when only two days old. Betsey met Robert Burns when she was employed as a servant girl at the Burns's Lochlea FarmHecht, Page 54 during the winter of 1783–84.Burns Encyclopedia Retrieved : 13 February 2012 When the Burns family moved to Mossgiel Farm in March 1784, Betsey returned to her own home, where Robert Burns visited her later that year. In 1786, Elizabeth made a claim on Burns, but accepted a settlement of twenty pounds which the poet paid out of the profits of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvine Burns Club
The Irvine Burns Club, based at the Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum, was founded on 2 June 1826 and is one of the world's longest continuously active Burns Clubs. At least five personal friends of Robert Burns were among the group of local gentleman, whose idea it was to form the club. Irvine in North Ayrshire is an old market town and port situated on the west coast of Scotland, approx 14 miles north of Ayr. History The Irvine Burns Club, originally formed in the Milne's Inn (now The Crown Inn) is now based in Wellwood House (known simply as 'Wellwood'), Eglinton Street, and has an unbroken history dating back to 2 June 1826. The club had twelve founding members of whom five were known to Robert Burns, and two were once his close friends. The original minute of the meeting reads: ''"The subscribers agree hereby to form, and do now form ourselves into a Committee for the purpose of establishing a Club, or Society for Commemorating the birth of Robert Burns the Ayrshire Poet � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burns Clubs
Burns Clubs exist throughout the world to encourage and cherish the memory of Robert Burns, to foster a love of his writings and generally to encourage an interest in the Scots Language and Literature.Greenock Burns Club Retrieved : 2013-12-21 An emphasis on encouraging the young to take an interest in Burns is found in most clubs through poetry, singing and other competitions. Once mainly existing as 'male only' clubs in the mould of the Tarbolton 'Batchelor's Club' most now welcome women as fellow members. Ladies Burns Clubs also exist such as the 'Irvine Lasses' that was established in 1975; it has appointed several male 'Honorary Lasses'. A number of Burns Clubs hold collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Muses Of Caledonia
The Merry Muses of Caledonia is a collection of bawdy songs said to have been collected or written by Robert Burns, the 18th-century Scottish poet. Original text The poems and songs were collected for the private use of Robert Burns and his friends, including the Crochallan Fencibles, an 18th-century Edinburgh club, which met at the Anchor Close, a public house off the High Street. Robert Burns was introduced to the club by William Smellie, while setting the Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition) in his shop in the same close. The songs in the collection were intended to be performed in a "convivial" atmosphere. Discussion as to the provenance and compilation of the original text is ongoing. The original printer is unknown, but is agreed that it was first intended for the use of the Crochallan Fencibles. It has been suggested that the printer may have been Alexander Smellie, the son of Burns's friend and founder Crochallan Fencible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvine Burns Club, Irvine
Irvine may refer to: Places On Earth Antarctica *Irvine Glacier *Mount Irvine (Antarctica) Australia * Irvine Island * Mount Irvine, New South Wales Canada * Irvine, Alberta * Irvine Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland **Irvine Royal Academy ** Irvine Meadow XI F.C. **Irvine RFC **Irvine Victoria F.C. **Irvine railway station **Irvine Bank Street railway station *Irvine Valley, Ayrshire, Scotland, an alternative name for Loudoun *River Irvine, Scotland * Irvine Bay, Scotland United States *Irvine, California **University of California, Irvine **Irvine Valley College **Irvine Unified School District ** Irvine High School (Irvine, California) **Irvine (train station) *Lake Irvine, California *Irvine, Florida * Irvine, Kentucky *Irvine Park Historic District, Minnesota *Irvine Township, Benson County, North Dakota *Irvine Railroad, Pennsylvania In space *6825 Irvine, main-belt asteroid People *Irvine (name), including a list of people with the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photogravure
Photogravure (in French ''héliogravure'') is a process for printing photographs, also sometimes used for reproductive intaglio printmaking. It is a photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph. The process was important in 19th-century photography, but by the 20th century was only used by some fine art photographers. By the mid-century it was almost extinct, but has seen a limited revival. History History of process The earliest forms of photogravure were developed by two original pioneers of photography itself, first Nicéphore Niépce in France in the 1820s, and later Henry Fox Talbot in England. Niépce was seeking a means to create photographic images on plates that could then be etched and used to make prints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 1909 Facsimile By D
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Danehill, East Sussex
Danehill is a village in East Sussex, England. Governance Danehill is part of the electoral ward called Danehill/Fletching/Nutley. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 Census was 5,346. Religious sites There are two Anglican churches in the parish: one at Danehill (dedicated to All Saints) and the other at Chelwood Gate. Education There are two schools in the area: the state-run Danehill Church of England primary school and the independent Cumnor House prep school. Culture and community The public houses are ''Coach and Horses'' (Danehill) and the ''Red Lion'' at Chelwood Gate. Musician Maurice Gibb lived in the village for some time. The ''Ashdown Weekend'' is a village event, begun in 1973 and serving to make money for different organisations in the village. The actor Peter Butterworth, best known for appearing in the ''Carry On'' films, and his wife, the comedian Janet Brown, are buried in Danehill churchyard. History The first written evidence of the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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