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Poems and songs by David Wingate

Wingate, David1890
Books, Manuscripts
Imprint:
Glasgow : Kerr and Richardson, 1890.
Collation:
192 pages : portrait (black and white)
Notes:
David Wingate (1828–1892) was a Scottish poet and miner, sometimes known as 'the collier poet'. Wingate started work in the coal-fields near his home in Cowglen, Renfrewshire when he was nine, and at 17 he was the main breadwinner for his mother and family. He married Janet Craig in 1850 and had 11 children, including Walter who became a poet and teacher. In the 1850s he worked in Pollokshaws and later Bellshill. By 1862 he was living in Motherwell. In this year his Poems and Songs (1862) was published by William Blackwood, He is buried in Motherwell.HH
Dewey class:
821.WINGMDZ821.WING
Language:
English
BRN:
2386738
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