Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (21 April 1861 – 1 September 1930) was a Scottish poet and author who wrote under the pseudonym of Gabriel Setoun.
He wrote poems such as 'Jack Frost', 'Romance' and 'The World's Music.' He also wrote novels in the '
Kailyard school
The Kailyard school (1880–1914) is a proposed literary movement of Scottish fiction dating from the last decades of the 19th century.
Origin and etymology
It was first given the name in an article published April 1895 in the ''New Review'' by ...
' style such as ''Barncraig'' and ''Robert Urquhart'' (1896).
Biography
He was born on 21 April 1861 in
West Wemyss
West Wemyss () is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland.Lamont-Brown ''Fife in History and Legend'' pp.151–152. According to the 2007 population estimate, the village has a population of 237. The villa ...
, Fife. His father, Alexander Hepburn was a tailor. He died in London around September 1930.
[Births, deaths and marriages information available on th]
Scotland's People
website and on the website
www.ancestry.com
Some Published Works
* ''The Child World'', London:
Bodley Head
The Bodley Head is an English publishing house, founded in 1887 and existing as an independent entity until the 1970s. The name was used as an imprint of Random House Children's Books from 1987 to 2008. In April 2008, it was revived as an adul ...
, 1893.
* ''Barncraig: Episodes in the Life of a Scottish Village,'' London:
J. Murray, 1893.
* ''Sunshine and Haar: Some Further Glimpses of Life at Barncraig'', London:
J. Murray, 1895
* ''Robert Urquhart'', London: Bliss Sands and Foster, 1896.
* ''
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...
,'' Edinburgh:
Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier
Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier was a Scottish publishing company based in the national capital Edinburgh.
It produced many hundreds of books mainly on religious and biographical themes, especially during its heyday from about 1880 to 1910. It is ...
, 1896, (
"Famous Scots Series")
* ''George Malcolm'', London: Bliss Sands & Co, 1897.
* ''The Skipper of Barncraig'', London:
A. Constable & Co., 1901.
References
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1861 births
People from Fife
Scottish novelists
Scottish biographers
Scottish poets
1930 deaths