Robert Tannahill (
June 3,
1774 -
May 17,
1810) was a
Scottish poet known as the 'Weaver Poet'. He was born in
Paisley to a weaving family and was apprenticed in the same trade from the age of 12. After a short period of working in
Bolton around 1800, Tannahill returned to Paisley to support the family in time of illness. In the years which followed, his interest in poetry and music blossomed and his writings began to appear in such publications as
The Scots Magazine. In 1810, he died by his own hand, drowned in the Paisley Canal.
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