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John MacDougall Hay 1881-1919
Born in Tarbert, Loch Fyne. Died in Elderslie, near Paisley.
Journalist, Novelist
- 1914 - "Gillespie" - his best work
- 1916 - "Barnacles"
- 1918 - "Their Dead Sons"
Robert Henryson c.1425-1500
Poet
- "The Testament of Cresseid" - his best work
- "The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian, Compylit in Eloquent & Ornate Scottis" - a collection of 13 fables thought to be derived from Aesop
- "Orpheus and Eurydice"
- "Robene and Makyne" - a pastourelle
- "The Bloody Serk"
- "The Thrie Deid Polis"
- "The Want of Wyse Men"
- "The Reasoning Betwix Death and Man"
- "The Prais of Aige"
- "The Abbey Walk"
- "Against Haisty Credence of Tytlaris"
- "Sum Practysis of Medecyne"
James Hogg 1770-1835
Born in Ettrick, Selkirkshire. Died in Altrive, Yarrow.
Novelist, Poet - known as the "Ettrick Shepherd"
- 1813 - "The Queen's Wake" - a book of Poems including:- "Kilmeny" and "The Witch of Fife"
- 1816 - "Poetic Mirror"
- 1818 - "The Brownie of Bodsbeck"
- 1822 - "The Three Perils of Man"
- 1823 - "The Three Perils of Woman"
- 1824 - "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner"
- 1825 - "Queen Hynde" - a poem
- 1831 - "Songs, by the Ettrick Shepherd" - a poem
- 1832 - "Altrive Tales"
- 1835 - "Tales of the Wars of Montrose"
John Home 1722-1808
Born in Leith. Died in Edinburgh.
Dramatist, Playwright
- 1756 - "Douglas" - a play
- 1802 - "The History of the Rebellion of 1745"