Canongate Churchyard, Robert Fergusson Memorial

Category

Library Item

Item no

33694

Title

Canongate Churchyard, Robert Fergusson Memorial

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1900

Size

21.5 x 16.5cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Fergusson's poetry was a key influence on the work of Robert Burns. Burns in fact paid for a headstone for the poet's grave in the Canongate Burial Ground, and penned the memorial verse inscribed on it. Fergusson's life was tragically short, ending in the Edinburgh's Bedlam, situated to the east of what is now Forrest Road. He died, aged only 24, following a period of severe depression and a bad head injury.

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Architecture > Monuments > Gravestones

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Graveyards

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