| LC control no. | no 99006818 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Glen, William, 1789-1826 |
| Variant(s) | Glen, William, 1787-1826 |
| Associated country | Scotland |
| Located | Glasgow (Scotland) Aberfoyle (Scotland) West Indies |
| Birth date | 1789-11-14 |
| Death date | 1826-12 |
| Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Songs Commerce |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Merchants |
| Special note | Cannot identify with: Glen, William |
| Found in | The poetical remains, 1994: header (William Glen) OCLC, 12/14/98 (hdg.: Glen, William, 1787-1826; usage: William Glen) The poetical remains of William Glen, 1874: p. 16-20 (William Glen, the future poet; born in Queen Street, Glasgow, on the 14th November 1789; entered a house of business at Glasgow about the age of seventeen; despatched to the West Indies as the representative of his house; he remained abroad several years and on his return to Glasgow went into business on his own but his business failed; in 1814 he was elected one of the managers of the Merchants' House of Glasgow, and a Director of the Chamber of Commerce; retired to Perthshire ... at Reinagour, in the parish of Aberfoyle; in 1815 he published "Poems, chiefly lyrical"; died at Edwin Place, Gorbals, Glasgow in December 1826 aged thirty-seven; poems include The Star of Brunswick, Elegy, The battle-song... ; songs include: Wae's me for Prince Charlie; The maid of Oronsey... ) Oxford DNB online, 9 April 2019 (Glen, William (1789-1826), poet; born in Queen Street, Glasgow on 14 November 1789; died in Glasgow in December 1826) |
| Associated language | eng |
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