James Logie Robertson (18 September 1846 – June 1922) was a literary scholar, editor and author, who also wrote under the pen name Hugh Haliburton. His poems, published regularly in The Scotsman newspaper, were affectionately known as "The Hughies".

Life

He was born in

Milnathort Milnathort is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of Perth and Kinross. The smaller neighbour of nearby Kinross, Milnathort has a population of around 2,000 peopl ...

Kinross-shire The County of Kinross or Kinross-shire is a historic county and registration county in eastern Scotland, administered as part of Perth and Kinross since 1930. Surrounding its largest settlement and county town of Kinross, the county borders Per ...

on 18 September 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

. He began his teaching career as assistant master at

George Heriot’s School George Heriot's School is a Scottish independent primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the early 21st century, it has more than 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff, and 80 non-teaching staf ...

and then moved to

George Watson’s College George Watson's College is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871, and was merge ...

. He joined the staff at Edinburgh Ladies’ College in 1876 and stayed there until 1913. His writings include English text-books, essays and poetry. Much of his poetry was written in Scots under the pen-name Hugh Haliburton. He died in Edinburgh, in June 1922. He is buried on the south side of

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, near the southern access gate.

Family

He was married to Janet ("Jessie") Simpson (1860-1932).Grave of J L Robertson, Morningside Cemetery

Works

* ''Poems'' (1878) * ''Orellana and Other Poems'' (1881) * ''New songs of innocence'' (1889) * ''Our Holiday Among The Hills'' (1882) together with Janet Logie Robertson * ''Ochil Idylls and Other Poems'', (1891) (as Hugh Haliburton) * ''Horace in Homespun'' (1900) (as Hugh Haliburton) * ''The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson'' (1908) (editor) * ''Petition to the Deil: And Other War Verses'' (1917)

References

External links

Scottish Poetry Library biography with links to poem texts
1846 births 1922 deaths Scottish poets Staff of George Watson's College Alumni of the University of Edinburgh People from Perth and Kinross {{UK-poet-stub