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Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver  

Bridget Keegan

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver, is of unknown origins. The title-page to his single publication, A domestic winter-piece: a poem, exhibiting a full view of the author's dwelling place in the winter-season. In two parts. Interspersed with a great variety of entertaining reflections...

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Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver  

Stephen Roberts

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver, was born in Aberdeen, probably on 12 March 1798. He hardly knew his father, who may have been a merchant or an architect. Run over by a nobleman's carriage at an early age, Thom was lamed for life; his widowed mother was offered compensation of ...

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Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet  

David Hill Radcliffe

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet, was born on 1 September 1805 in the parish of Sorn, Ayrshire, the son of James Wright of Galston, coal-driver, and Grizzle Taylor (d. 1842). John, the fourth of seven children, grew up in ...