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Ged, William (1684/5–1749), goldsmith and stereotype founder  

John Burnett

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ged, William (1684/5–1749), goldsmith and stereotype founder, was probably born in Dunfermline, son of William Ged, said to have been a member of the family of Ged of Baldridge in Fife. He was apprenticed to Robert Inglis, goldsmith, in Edinburgh in 1696, and his own mark was entered with the ...

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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 ...